Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Clipboard with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 21% positive. To compare, the company-average is 21.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 52 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Clipboard overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Clipboard as a Software Engineer according to 52 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 40%
One on one interview: 23%
Phone interview: 16%
Presentation: 5%
Other: 5%
Group panel interview: 4%
Personality test: 2%
Background check: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Clipboard in Oct 2025
Interview
I normally don't do this, but I'm hoping to help others succeed where I did not. Like others here, I received an email with a take-home assignment from Hatchways. The email gives you a link to a repo, some stack details, and what seems to be a hint at technologies that might be helpful to solve the problem (they are not!). The link takes you to a page with poorly worded instructions and a code repo to clone.
I turned in my assessment and got an email stating my solution lacked detail and didn't adhere to the specs laid out in the tasks. After going back and looking at the project specs in the link again (which are not in the project repo), I realized I missed a few things and what exactly they wanted me to do—I think. I did reply to the email and offered a few suggestions to actually help potential candidates:
Put the project spec in the repo as a README. That's where I went wrong and overlooked what I was supposed to be doing. After I had the repo link and saw the tests in the project, I focused on those alone.
Make the unit tests reflect the specs. When I'm in a project using TDD, I make sure I have unit tests for each spec.
The email reads like a hint to the solution, but it contradicts what's in the spec.
The interview process starts with a 90 minute take-home assignment followed by an initial interview. After that, candidates complete a 3 day Technical Design Document (TDD) assignment and review interview, then finish with a final hiring manager interview.
Both take-home assignments were genuinely fun and interesting problems to work through. After each one, you meet with an engineer to discuss your approach, the decisions you made, and alternative solutions, which made the process feel collaborative rather than adversarial. It was also a great opportunity to talk with people you could potentially be working with.
The final stage focused more on past experience and technical discussions around previous projects and problems I’ve worked on.
Overall, the interview process was well organized, moved fairly quickly, and the team was very supportive throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you tell me about a project you worked on that you’re proud of?
I applied online. I interviewed at Clipboard in Apr 2026
Interview
Initial screening is all automated. They give you access to a small repo and a simple JavaScript endpoint to complete. Based on those results you proceed to next steps. I was rejected by initial screening, which was odd considering my output was the same they had in acceptance criteria. They also say the output didn’t pass their scripts, but they can’t provide feedback? Why not send the script result output? Either I missed something simple, or there were gaps in their instructions. Either way, would be easy to automate the feedback too if it’s just script output
Simple it starts with an assessment and then if you pass the assessment you get an interview based on assessment and then there is a documentation based assessment and the follow-up interview and then the final round interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your thought process going through the project