Recruiter reached out to me. They dont even do their own interviews, they outsource to a company in India. The interviewer was very disinterested, not collaborative at all, they just asked the question they were told to ask, told you time is up for a certain question and then moved onto the next. They didn't care because they're not going to end up working with you
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parse logs but lots to consider. if you dont pass the test case, you fail. very black and white because they're lazy
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Headway (NY) (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2026
Interview
30 min call with recruiter followed by a 1 hour technical screen via Karat a third party interviewing service (so not a Headway employee). Next step would have been an onsite with 4 interviews: system design, coding problem, ai coding, and behavioral
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20 min discussion on how to build a calendar application. 30 min coding session about an equipment reservation app with three parts 1) find the bug and 2) add two functions
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Headway (NY) in Feb 2026
Interview
Pretty typical SE loop: 1. 1 hour code screen. 2. 3 session final loop: coding, system design, and behavioral. Recruiter call after the code screen was very helpful walking through the final loop and the rest of the process. 3. References checks and offer letter. All-in-all took about a month from initial conversation to offer.
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Go deep on a project you led and discuss for 20 minutes.
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Headway (NY) with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 43.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 19 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Headway (NY) overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Headway (NY) as a Senior Software Engineer according to 19 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Phone interview: 27%
Skills test: 16%
Background check: 11%
Group panel interview: 9%
Personality test: 5%
Other: 2%
Presentation: 2%
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