I was given a link to complete a 90 minute assessment. The exercise itself was reasonable, but it is a requirement to enable screen recording and camera/microphone access while completing it.
I personally felt uncomfortable with this exercise as a very first step in the process. I understand not allowing copilot to assist you, but they make it clear you are not allowed to reference StackOverflow either. I find this to be an unrealistic expectation since this a good resource for those of us who use it to jog our memory on how to solve certain problems (not for copy/pasting solutions).
They're probably filtering out a lot of great candidates by making people jump through hoops to prove they are not cheating right from the start.
If the first interaction you have with a company is immediate distrust, it probably doesn't end there at the interview. It was a red flag for me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Assessment involving DOM-manipulation using Typescript
1 Long take home coding project that you had 90 minutes to do. Was very complicated and asked a lot. Followed the rules that was outlined in the email but did not pass.
Take home coding project that you had to do in 90 minutes. Consisted of some challenging problems, but you don't have to answer all of the perfectly. It says to use the time wisely to lay down some good answers to as many problem as you can.
I applied online. I interviewed at Speechify (Dublin, Dublin) in Jul 2026
Interview
Applied online through linkedin, instantly got an email about a technical interview that needed to be scheduled.
The initial technical interview is a screening interview where you are required to share your screen and use your webcam. There is nobody in the interview with you.
I was given 90 minutes to clone a repo, setup the local environment and then read through the task list of 5 tasks. The tasks themselves are essentially what you would be assigned as a ticket to fix bugs and optimize. However for someone who wants to figure out the codebase first before tackling tasks, having a 90 minute countdown is not helpful. They are essentially having you do the job of a developer but from day 1 with zero onboarding.
They did allow AI usage but I am not here to be tested on my prompting ability, so I left after 30 minutes and did not complete the assessment
Personally, its possible that this role was out of my capabilities, or it was just not meant for people who prefer to fully understand a codebase before making changes without relying on AI
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Speechify interviews FAQs
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Speechify with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 35% positive. To compare, the company-average is 52.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 49 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Speechify overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Speechify as a Software Engineer according to 49 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 39%
One on one interview: 21%
Phone interview: 16%
Background check: 9%
Group panel interview: 4%
Other: 4%
Presentation: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Personality test: 2%
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