Clio Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

Applied via Linkedin. Got a standard rejection, but the recruiter reached out later saying it was a mistake on their end and proceeded. The first round was a recruiter chat, followed by a live coding assessment. The coding question was about permutations and combinations, which would be average if prepared, but I couldn't finish on time. The third round, on the same day, was a system design interview that lasted an hour. I found the system design question easy because I'd seen it before. Both interviewers were nice.

So the interview process had 4 parts. After they screen your resume, if you make the cut, you do an online coding assessment. You can use whatever programming language you want. If you ace that, you get to have an HR interview. Then, if that goes well, you do a paired programming interview with a senior dev or manager to see how you think and solve problems. The last part is a culture fit interview, where you meet and chat with someone higher up. This part isn't really about your technical skills anymore, since those were already checked, but more about you as a person and if you'd fit in.

The whole thing took about two weeks. First, I had a quick phone call with the recruiter. Then, I did a virtual on-site which was four parts and took about 3 hours and 15 minutes. It included a 45-minute pair programming session where I had to write a console app to parse a file. After that, there was a 1-hour technical deep dive where I discussed a past project and my technical knowledge. Then, a 1-hour session on technical leadership. Finally, a 30-minute culture meeting to talk about values. The recruiter was really nice and responded within 2 business days.