Clutter Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 36 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Clutter.
Clutter
Software Engineer
Senior Average Positive experience Decline offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite Offer
Interview formats
Coding Case Behavioral
I was contacted by Clutter for a Senior Software Engineer position through Hired.com. The recruiter, Ashley, was impressive. The first step was a CoderPad coding session. Normally, they do a case study next, but they skipped it because I did so well on the coding session and they needed to make a quick decision. The on-site interview included lunch and several 1:1 sessions, with an in-depth coding session on my own laptop. I also spoke with the CEO, Ari, who I was impressed by. I got an offer and liked the company, but turned it down due to the long commute. They are doing well and I recommend them.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Did anything that you've heard so far surprise you?
Clutter
Software Engineer
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
I started with a 30-minute recruiter call, which was pretty chill, mostly just talking about myself and why I'm interested in Clutter. After that, I was told I'd have a technical phone screen with two engineers. The connection during the technical phone screen was really bad. Two of the engineers spent about 30-40 minutes asking me random CS trivia questions, like what a closure is or about hashtables. The rest of the time, around 20 minutes, was spent on CoderPad where I had to code a string-related algorithm problem. Normally, I'm pretty good at these, but this one was a disaster. The interviewer wasn't really interested in discussing the problem or any of my ideas for solving it. After 20 minutes, we were told we were out of time. It was a pretty terrible experience overall. Asking for an answer to that question in 20 minutes, under pressure and with an unhelpful interviewer, seemed totally unreasonable.
Confirmed questions5 questions
- Tell me about yourself
- Why Clutter?
- What is a closure?
Clutter
Software Engineer
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding
I applied online and after about a week, they reached out to me to take a technical aptitude test on HackerRank. It was 45 minutes long and had 2 straightforward questions. I managed to complete the challenge successfully, passing all test cases and even testing my code thoroughly with my own additional cases. However, two days later, I received an email stating that they would not be proceeding with my application. It's confusing because why give me a test if they were just going to reject me after I passed it? After seeing other reviews, I realized this has happened to others too. It's really not fair and they should be more respectful of the people applying.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- An easy question involving strings.
- A string question of moderate difficulty that necessitates the use of a data structure to achieve O(n) time complexity.
Clutter Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Clutter interview reports.
“Given a string, return the last two characters of it.”
Read reports →“What's the reason for high real estate prices in the bay area”
Read reports →“Given a node map and a path, is the path part of the path that results in the closest distance?”
Read reports →“Can you return the last two letters of the input string?”
Read reports →“Given an array of tuples detailing task prerequisites and a list of tasks to be completed, determine if a truck can depart.”
Read report →“What are hashtables?”
Read report →“Write code to identify sequential numbers in a matrix.”
Read report →“Could you calculate the maximum number of slices that nPeople could get if each person receives the same amount and only takes slices from one pie, given a list of pies and their slice counts?”
Read report →“What is a closure?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 36 Clutter interview reports.