Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Scale with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 26% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 42 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Scale overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Scale as a Software Engineer according to 42 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 18%
Personality test: 10%
Group panel interview: 8%
Other: 3%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Scale in Feb 2026
Interview
Many rounds of implementation heavy coding, honestly got tiring and boring. Plus behavioral and debugging round, which was excruciating. The work they were talking about sounded extremely boring and maybe unethical. Some interviewers were good but some just turned their camera off and were silent the whole for the coding round. I would not work here if I received the offer.
Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Scale
Pretty in line with what others are saying. Heavy coding rounds, questions about past work experiences, and standard behavioral questions. Interviewers did not seem very engaged. Interviews sometimes felt long.
I applied online. I interviewed at Scale (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
After an initial online assessment, I had a 60 minute live coding interview. The main problem focused on designing and implementing a task prioritization system, where tasks had to be managed based on priority and constraints. The interview was practical and implementation focused rather than purely algorithmic. This was not the superday, just the OA followed by the live coding round.