I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Clipboard (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2024
Interview
1. They send you an automated woven assignment which takes up 2 hours and honestly not a best judgement of someone's technical skills, the feedback were also quite vague
2. Moved to a technical round where there was a live interviewer, first time I have interacted with a human in this process, prior to that it was just automated emails from a generic recruiter emailid
3. There's another asynchronous timed system design technical document that you need to author
4. Then there's a synchronous system design interview, in which you'd discuss the decisions made in the 3rd round. Honestly, here it seems that they are looking for a very fixed response that they already have in their mind and anything other than that is not acceptable
5. An hour long interview delving into one of the past project
6. Rejection email with an explanation, that they have a very high bar
The entire process was tiresome and lacked any interaction, no point of contact to direct any sort of question, does not really look like there is a hiring requirement.
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
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%
Drug test: 2%
Personality test: 2%
Background check: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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