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      Software Engineer I Interview

      2 Feb 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Boston, MA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Staples (Boston, MA) in Jan 2022

      Interview

      Extremely negative interview experience. Contacted by the recruiter shortly after applying. Scheduled a time for (what I was told was) a 30 minute video interview with a software engineer. The recruiter emailed 30 mins before the interview to reschedule for 2 days later. When it was time for the rescheduled interview the interviewer would not turn on their camera and spoke with a heavy accent. These two factors combined made it very difficult to understand them. Interviewer asked me about my past experience and tried to “quiz” me on some of the work I had explained I completed. These questions did not make any sense as they were trying to ask me things without knowing anything about context. Interviewer proceeded to spend 20 minutes explaining some sort of game and then told me to code what they just explained. They also noted that this interview will last another hour, even though I was told it would be 30 mins.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Tell me about your education and previous work experience.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Code the game that was just explained.
      Answer question
      3

      Other Software Engineer I interview reviews for Staples

      Software Engineer Interview

      3 May 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Boston, MA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Staples (Boston, MA)

      Interview

      Applied online HR call - general about staples and my exp First round - Senior Developer at Staples (asked a lot from my resume and got down to coding level) No feedback email - guessing I got rejected.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Code - how do you manage thread in java
      Answer question
      1

      Software Engineer Interview

      6 Apr 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Staples

      Interview

      Recruiter screen, interview with Senior SWE, then hiring manager and director. Mostly discuss resume technical background, behavioral question and technical questions. The process took about 3 weeks. It took less than a month.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Experienced with AWS. One of the workers made a rude comment in the interview and criticize the questions I asked.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      9 Oct 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Staples

      Interview

      I had an interview for software developer 2 position, it was easy and straightforward. they give me requirement for project. I need to build the full stack application. Overall interview experience was good. but they need a candidate who had an knowledge more on frontend side.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Give me project to implement
      Answer question