I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Rippling (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2026
Interview
I was interviewed for the Senior Software Engineer position. The interviewer joined a few minutes late with their camera off and appeared unprepared for the call. They interrupted me several times to ask about topics we had already discussed on LinkedIn, which suggested they had not reviewed the prior context.
After the interview portion, they briefly showed a few company slides but did not explain them clearly. There were 2 errors on the slides, which I pointed out. When I asked follow up questions, they were unable to answer them. Overall, the interview felt disorganized and unproductive, and did not make good use of either of our time.
I felt like I was just talking so the AI note taker could get a sense of my experience and make a decision.
I applied online. I interviewed at Rippling in Jun 2026
Interview
Standard leetcode style question that is easy/medium difficulties. It was straight forward, AI is enabled too which is good, but not sure if it is a good idea to use it during the interview.
1 phone screen followed by 3 onsite rounds - 1 coding, 1 behavioral, and 1 project deep dive. Questions were pretty straight forward and fair. I did not get the offer though since I was out of practice.
- Coding screening
If successful:
- 2 more coding interviews
- system design interview
- product design interview; power point with previous project presentation
- behavioural interview
- 2-3 references