Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Known overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Known as a Senior Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 40%
One on one interview: 40%
Phone interview: 20%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Known (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2026
Interview
I interviewed with Known and was told I would receive an update within a couple of days. Unfortunately, I never heard back.
I followed up twice with the recruiter but did not receive any response. At that point, it felt like I was effectively ghosted, which was disappointing.
The interview process itself was fine, but the lack of communication afterward was unprofessional. Candidates invest significant time preparing for interviews, and even a brief follow-up or rejection would show basic respect for that effort.
Overall, this experience left a negative impression.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a ingest code using python requests library.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Known (New York, NY) in May 2023
Interview
Initial recruiter phone call, tech lead meeting 30 min, then 90 min technical deep dive. They stopped me while giving technical interview after 30 minutes,. I think they got confused with the timing of the interview. Although, I had completed and gotten the answer and just needed minor tweaks in settings file, they rejected me after a week, which is very absurd. Very disheartened by the people taking technical interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Build a minor backend app to extract the data from database using REST APIs