Branch Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process was great, and the recruiter made scheduling super easy and fast. Everyone I talked to was really nice and easy to chat with. It started with a recruiter call, then I had an interview with the hiring manager, followed by a panel interview with two engineers. There was one round with a live coding challenge, and another round focused on my past experiences.

It was a 2-round online technical phone interview with a shared coding editor. Then a 4-hour onsite interview, and finally a technical presentation. The onsite interviewers were helpful and let me take my time to solve the coding problems. The engineers I met at Branch were smart and passionate, and they explained the product to me. However, the interview process was very tiring, especially the final technical presentation on a new technology of my choice. I didn't like that round, particularly because the team's attitude during the presentation felt biased against my chosen technology, and they made comments or jokes like, 'Who uses PPT nowadays?' or 'Who likes to present on a Windows machine?' which made me feel awkward. Just for those commenters, people who use PPT/Windows, Microsoft profits billions, so try to reach that level before making such useless comments.

They move really quick with their interview process. I finished all my interviews with them and was made an offer all within one week. The first interview was an HR call followed by a take-home test, a technical phone screen and finally onsite interviews. The onsite interview comprised of around 5 interviews, with around 2 technical and 3 HR related with question answer sessions at the end of each. The recruiters were really helpful and understood my time constraints . The whole interview process even thought short, was really smooth.