Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Candid Health with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 29.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Candid Health overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Candid Health as a Software Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Candid Health in Jan 2025
Interview
Recruiter was fast to respond at all stages and interviewers were pleasant.
- Screening coding interview (45 minutes) - Practical coding question to implement a few functions (NOT leetcode style).
- Coding Interview 2 (1 hour) - Similar to first interview but slightly longer
- System Design Interview (1 hour) - Modify an existing system. Existing system and goals of redesign were explicitly written out and explained. Interview was done in a diagramming tool.
- Interview with Hiring Manager (45 minutes) - Pretty standard, they asked questions about my experience.
- "WHO" Interview (~1 hour) - Starting at high school they move through high school, college, different roles you've been in. The interviewer asks about highs/lows/what you're proud of/why you made the decision to move into that role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(In System Design) How can this existing system be modified to support a new order flow without making changes to the existing order processing flow?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Candid Health (Denver, CO) in Apr 2026
Interview
The process was quick, technical call with recruiter to talk about the basics. Then the next was a 'collaborative' coding assessment which I was told was more focused on how you think and problem solve than anything else. The interviewer was stumped by several of my clarifying questions to the coding problem but I was not moved forward after the coding round despite answering his questions correctly. I am unsure if it was embarrassing for him or what I did wrong but they would not provide me that feedback.
Nice company, worked through coding exercise, and system design review was tough. Interviewed over a few weeks, Full-Stack, had some issues with explaining the full system, but ultimately came down to domain experience.
I applied online. I interviewed at Candid Health in Jan 2026
Interview
Initial screening then a technical round. I only made it to the technical round. I solved the challenge but I guess I didn't solve it exactly how he wanted? These types of coding challenges seem irrelevant in this day and age especially if you solve the challenge.