Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Whatnot with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 45 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Whatnot overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Whatnot as a Software Engineer according to 45 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 31%
Skills test: 16%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 4%
Other: 3%
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I applied through other source. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Whatnot (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2025
Interview
Got messaged multiple times by the interviewer. They made it seem like they were very interested in interviewering and getting to know me. They made it seem everything was going well and how the requirements matched my experience.
Then they stopped responding to any and all messages without any explanations or actual status.
This is very unprofessional of them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked questions about the projects I've worked on and what I would like to work on next. They just randomly asked me questions about things on my resume without any organized process to their thoughts.
Very kind, efficient. Everyone was very communicative ands the whole process went smoothly. Very open to schedule as needed for the many rounds to go through. Would recommend trying to apply.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Whatnot (Dublin, Dublin)
Interview
It had 4 rounds - Tech screen, Coding, System Design, Product Sense.
They were standard except for product sense round, which was discussion.
The interviewers were kind, and supportive. Overall good experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you onboard new customers on our app? think like a PM
The interview process at Whatnot started with a recruiter phone screen to discuss my background and interest in the platform. After that, I had a technical screen focused on algorithmic problem-solving and data structures.