From 1 candidate account, updated Oct 12, 2026
This guide draws on 1 first-hand interview account from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 2 rounds on average, most often a phone screen and a take-home task.
These 1 writeup cover software engineering roles. All of them were posted under a forum handle, so we could not verify the authors’ identities.
unknown, Austin, TX. 2 rounds. Shared by Skywing on hn, 2013-12-17
49 open roles in our index. Advertised pay floors run $74k to $119k (median $89k, from 41 postings that state pay).
These guides summarize public, first-hand interview experiences shared by candidates. They describe the shape of each loop and the topics that came up, not a leaked question bank, and every experience links back to its original source. Processes change often. Treat this as directional prep, not a script.
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