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8am interviews FAQs
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at 8am with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at 8am overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at 8am as a Senior Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Presentation: 22%
Drug test: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
Skills test: 11%
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I applied online. I interviewed at 8am in Feb 2026
Interview
Had a good call with the recruiter who was clear about the role and expectations. Then I took the technical screening where there was two problems in two hours. I finished, successfully completing both problems with highly clean code.
Waited a week and received a rejection email from a no reply email. No feedback, no justification, nothing.
Companies like 8am that reject candidates who meet their requirements and successfully complete their screenings, yet don’t even give a chance to interview are the biggest problem in the tech world. Thanks for contributing to the problem 8am.
I applied online. I interviewed at 8am (Austin, TX) in Feb 2026
Interview
Experienced the same process as the review posted on 2/12 - had an initial conversation with the recruiter, compensation/process expectations were set, and a technical screen was immediately sent out.
I completed the coderbyte and submitted within a few days. Received a follow-up late the next week that my submission was being reviewed as I completed it in Javascript and not Ruby. I received a canned rejection email the following week without even getting a chance to speak with a hiring manager.
Save yourself the trouble - the same interview questions are used for all candidates, and we are treated identically. Maybe revamp the process and initiate a technical screen after speaking with a manager to value your applicant's time more in the future.
The process took 2 days. I interviewed at 8am (Austin, TX) in Apr 2019
Interview
A bit light technically the first day and an appropriate amount the second day. The second day seemed a bit long. Maybe the take home coding question code have been used a bit more during the interview. Possible a technical review or presentation of the solution.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to prevent someone from injecting a rogue transaction in the system.