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      Software Engineer Interview

      26 Jan 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at HubSpot in Jan 2021

      Interview

      The Good(s): My recruiter was amazing. Absolutely world-class recruiter. Very personable, very informative, very responsive. The Bad(s): The onsite was divided into coding assessment, recruiter screen, and onsite. One of the reviews here indicated the following, "bias- a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned." This sentence perfectly described my onsite interview experience with HubSpot. All interviewers were very biased on how they would like their problems to be solved; I felt they were very-closed minded individuals, probably due to the culture of lacking proper interview training, allowing everyone to follow their personal "good judgment." As an applicant, I don't feel that my ideas in the design process were being valued. All interviewers had some form of checklist flow in mind, which made me perceived that they lack creativity and real technical skills. As a company values giving feedback to the applicants, I think HubSpot should start valuing getting feedback from applicants on their interviewers. System Design round. The interviewer started out asking about a few "tell me once upon a time..." questions, then got into the system design. The sys design question was designing an URL shortener, a problem they have been using for years. The interviewer was indifferent and emotionless for the majority of the interview. The interviewer also seems to have a particular checklist in mind on how to go about designing the system; he would stop me mid-sentence to diverge focus onto another component of the design all the time, which significantly limits my system design creativity. Another frustrating thing was that my creative solutions were never deep-dived or valued; the most I got was a nod from him on a few suggestions. For most of the interview, the interviewer was so incredibly emotionless both facially and vocally, I could've interviewed with a robot and the result wouldn't changed. Database Design round. This round was absolutely the most unfair round to applicants. One of the reviews here again indicated the following, "They will tell you knowing syntax is not important but it will be brought up as necessary if they want to ding you based on the implicit bias." This was also very true in my experience. I made it very clear to the interviewer at the beginning that I have no extensive experience with designing SQL tables or writing SQL queries, but all design problems/scenarios given were based on knowing SQL functionality and syntaxes. An applicant can't possibly know the optimal answers to half of the questions without knowing the in-depth SQL topics they were looking for. The guidance given by the interviewer were also very vague; as someone who has limited experience with SQL, there was no way for me to know whether the interviewer was trying to point out a problem in my table design or query design. Coding round. Standard LC midium. Likely the most un-biased round out of all three. I was given the freedom to drive the conversation which allowed to expressed my algorithmic thoughts clearly and spoke out-loud as I coded. Even then, I felt the reason I was given the freedom to drive the conversation was because I gave the interviewer the most optimal solution she had in mind on first try. Overall, the onsite interviews felt like a mess. The interviewers did not feel like they were capable interviewers as they were too young and lacking technical depth; the questions were somehow only solvable by the exact solutions they had in mind. I wish the interviewers would've been more expressive and more open-minded to applicants' suggestions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      See other reviews, pretty spot on. JSON API assessment. URL shortener, LC medium, social media SQL DB design.
      Answer question
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      Software Engineer Interview

      2 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      London, England
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through university. I interviewed at HubSpot (London, England)

      Interview

      I went through several rounds, including an initial screening, a technical assessment, and follow-up interviews. The process was well structured, but I found the technical part challenging because it required both problem-solving and clear communication under time pressure. The interviewers were professional, and the questions were relevant to the role. Although I did not receive an offer, the experience was still valuable and helped me understand the company’s expectations better.

      Software Engineer Interview

      9 Mar 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at HubSpot (New York, NY)

      Interview

      Coding assessment with multiple levels. levels open up as you pass them. Time constraints looked tight. I could not get through all levels. It was related to Designing banking system.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      multi level Design Banking system
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      Software Engineer I Interview

      20 Feb 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Dublin, Dublin
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at HubSpot (Dublin, Dublin)

      Interview

      Consists of an Online Assessment, followed by 3 rounds (2 System Design, 1 coding) One of the System Design interviewer was less experienced (with an experienced shadow interviewer). I feel like they didn't drive it correctly, didn't ask me the right follow-up questions and eventually gave negative feedback.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Online Assessment: Multi-part question involving incremental development of a memory cache database System Design 1: Design a weather widget to get data from upstream and display to customers Coding Round: Incremental question involving API calls to get data, parse and do calculation System Design 2: Design video streaming system (like Netflix)
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