Ziprecruiter

Role: New Grad Software Engineer

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: October 4, 2025

Interview Type: Full-Time

Result: Rejected

Difficulty: Medium

Rounds: 1 round

Topics Asked: Data Structures, Algorithms (LeetCode style, class and method implementation)

Experience:

The candidate described the ZipRecruiter Online Assessment (OA) for a New Grad Software Engineer role as "interesting" and preferred its format. The OA consisted of LeetCode-style problems that required class and method implementation. Despite the candidate's efforts to achieve a good score, it was noted that many applicants were rejected, even those who scored well (e.g., 600/600). The overall impression was that the problems were of average LeetCode difficulty.