Scorpion Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

I was reached out to by a recruiter on LinkedIn who told me about the company and role for about 30 mins. Then, they set up a technical interview with a VP and a director of engineering. The questions covered Agile, database performance, cloud platforms, .Net, and dependency injection. After that, I had a take-home assessment with 2 questions on database design and a C# coding exercise, which took 3-4 hours. Finally, I had another call with the recruiter which was mostly behavioral questions about handling criticism and difficult colleagues, plus salary negotiation, and lasted 45 mins.

The interview process at Scorpion was quite unusual. It started with a recruiter call, who was initially friendly and responsive. This was followed by an informal interview with the recruiter where we discussed my experience and its fit for the role. Then, I had a technical deep-dive with the VP of Engineering and a Principal Engineer, covering OOP, programming, and online protocols. Although I did well, they felt I lacked a bit more experience for that specific role. However, they offered me a second chance for another Senior Software Engineer position. I interviewed with the Hiring Manager, which seemed to go very well as my skills matched their team's needs. Next, I met with the team, including the Director of Software Development, developers, and a Product Manager, for about two hours. The feedback after this was positive, with the director expressing a desire to work together. Communication then became difficult with the recruiter about the next steps. After some follow-up, the recruiter eventually informed me that the manager wanted to interview more candidates and I'd hear back in about a week and a half. Unfortunately, I never received a definitive answer by the promised date.

The interview process was very efficient. The recruiter was helpful, and the questions were straightforward. It took a bit longer than expected due to the time zone difference (Pacific vs. Eastern). A video call for the initial interview would have been better.