Kroger Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

A third party technical recruiter, Experis, reached out to me and it took a week to set up an interview with four team managers. Two managers showed up for the meeting, I guess it was too early for them (8-9 AM EST). The interview was mostly back and forth about my experience and previous projects, tools and technologies. I spent about half the time asking them about the team, tools and technologies they use, and the project's history and future. There was no technical assessment or coding involved. Three hours later, I got a verbal confirmation of the offer.

I got this cold call from a 3rd party recruiter. Then they asked me some questions that were kinda vague and only wanted true/false answers. But like, with engineering, it's never that simple, right? Most questions were like 'usually true or false, but sometimes the opposite'. I got 5 out of 7 right, I think, and moved on.

The interview itself was fine, but they ended up offering me less than my current salary. I let them know my minimum requirements. They responded by saying 'you're concerns are X,' as if I didn't know what my own concerns were. They thought they were being generous by increasing their offer to match my current salary, even though that didn't account for the extra costs of commuting and parking. I declined, and they seemed offended.