Scribd Inc. Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

I went through a few rounds of interviews, including chats with the hiring manager and some technical assessments like an architecture review. They gave me some prep materials beforehand, which was nice. I was upfront about my salary expectations, which matched what they advertised, and that's why I applied. Everyone seemed friendly, but also a bit unenthusiastic, like the job had drained them. After what I thought was the last interview, I didn't hear back as quickly as before, so I figured I wasn't getting an offer. I got an offer from another company, and then that same afternoon, Scribd reached out to schedule a call. They said they were still discussing an offer, and I let them know my timeline and the other offer I had. They said they couldn't match it because of my interview performance and location (which wasn't mentioned as affecting pay in the listing). The recruiter tried to convince me Scribd would be a better place to work, so I asked them to let me know their offer since I was still interested. After that, the recruiter ghosted me completely, with no rejection notice. Months later, she accidentally messaged me on LinkedIn about the same role.

The hiring process was about a month long, with significant delays between stages and no communication. I was informed that the position was already filled after the process concluded. It started with a standard recruiter call, followed by a productive hiring manager call where we discussed my technical background. There was a two-week communication blackout, then I was contacted to schedule a technical round, apparently due to stakeholders being on vacation. The technical round involved coding, where I was asked four algorithm questions of varying difficulty. Two days after that, I received an email stating the role had been filled.

This was seriously the best interview process I've ever gone through. The recruiter was super quick with getting back to me and setting up the next steps. It started with a chat with the recruiter about the company, then a technical video call, and finally an onsite where I had a few technical interviews and a behavioral one.