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Behavioral interviewer kept cutting me off. Tech interviewer quizzed a backend hire on frontend JS trivia.

dd_bg_mismatch_anon·May 30, 2026·3 points

Senior Software Engineer·Onsite·2026

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3 qualified positions 3 final round interviews 18

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