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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jul 14, 2023
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Discord in Apr 2023

      Interview

      Interview Structure: 30 minute Screening Call with Recruiter 45 minute Experience Call with Engineering Manager 6.5 hour Virtual On-Site: - 15 minute A/V Check - 15 minute Intro with Manager - 45 minute Principles - 45 minute Coding Exercise 1 - 45 minute Lunch Break - 45 minute Architecture Exercise - 45 minute Culture - 45 minute Coding Exercise 2 - 15 minute Outro My Experience: I had my final round, virtual on-site interview in April, 2023. My interview experience up to that point was entirely positive, albeit challenging and a large time commitment. From my perspective, I left the final round interview feeling like I had done well, and several interviewers told me so themselves. The following week, I had a call with an Engineering Manager and a another call with my recruiter. In these calls, I was told that the company and hiring team "really wants to make me an offer", but could not because they had to finish the interview process with other candidates first. My recruiter informed me this could take 3 to 4 weeks. Due to what was communicated to me, I was under the impression that I would receive an offer after this period, so I agreed to wait. I followed up with my recruiter regularly to re-express my interest and ask for any updates. This potential offer was re-iterated to me in phrases like "...you're still top of mind for whenever we can finally pull the trigger" and "I really hope something will break right soon". This communication continued for 3 months to the beginning of July. As I informed the recruiters and interviewers, I was unemployed during this time, so I denied other potential employment opportunities and income because of my commitment to this opportunity with Discord. However, after 3 months, I ultimately accepted an offer of employment with another company, despite Discord being my top choice and the potential offer from Discord still on the table. While I am grateful to have been strongly considered for this role, this whole experience following my final round interview has been very bad. I held Discord in high regard through the application and interview process. Working at Discord was a dream of mine. Unfortunately, this experience has negatively skewed my feelings toward Discord. Obviously, I wish the company could have made me an offer soon after my final round interview. However, in this situation, I think an unemployed individual would be better off being rejected with valuable feedback soon after the final round interview, instead of being slowly dragged along, unemployed, for several months with hints of a potential offer yet little explanation for the delay. Nonetheless, I grew and learned a lot through this experience, and I hope this feedback is valuable to you.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What technical features did you contribute in your last roles? How did you engineer them?
      Answer question
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      Sep 3, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Discord

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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 19, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Discord in Jun 2025

      Interview

      Seemed pretty organized. The "resources"section tells you that they will ask you to build a chat app using TCP clients. I did and practice or reading on it. During the interview, they didn't want you looking at ai responses when you Google. Googling for documentation is allowed. Got the code working that satisfied all requirements. They asked some questions on how would you do this and that after as well. Got rejected soon after. Not really sure where my performance warranted a rejection but oh well.

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      Question 1

      Build chat server handling multiple TCP clients.
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      Feb 9, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
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      Recruiter reached out after seeing my application. They already had asked me to install telnet on my system and about building a chat server using sockets. Did a background reading on that. Got the code working during the interview with some guidance from the interviewers. It should handle multiple clients. Got rejected next day. No feedback, nothing. Not sure what the interviewers want these days - a fully working Whatsapp ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ within 1 hr?
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