Condé Nast Software Engineer II interview questions
based on 2 ratings - Updated Apr 7, 2026
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Candidates applying for Software Engineer II roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Condé Nast overall takes an average of 25 days.
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The interview process typically consists of 3 to 4 rounds conducted back to back, covering areas such as system design, API design, and low-level coding. In these rounds, candidates are generally evaluated on their ability to design scalable systems, define clean and practical APIs, and write clear, efficient, and maintainable code. This is usually followed by an HR discussion, where topics such as overall fit, communication, motivation, past experience, compensation, and availability may be discussed.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Condé Nast (London, England) in Mar 2024
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In short: BAD.
The long version: From horrible communication, rude interviews, unstructured, zero accountability and ultimately any half decent software engineer should steer clear, the respect (or lack there of) shown during the interview process is very enigmatic, and does not bode well if successful.
To give more clarity, my first interview was with a company recruiter in India, that told me my interview was at 4:30pm (but failed to mention they meant 4:30pm India time, so I was given an out of the blue call at 11:30am which caught me off guard.
Then I was handed to a UK based company recruiter, that scheduled a further interview, and I assumed it was with her, only be again surprised to have one of the heads of engineering start the call and openly admit he's making up the interview as he is going along.
After this confusing interview process, I emailed to ask about more of the benefit package and ways of working, to which I received another call from the recruiter in India to my delight her initial statement was :
"I've already told you this", I replied, "thats fine, would you mind going over it again?" and explained I've felt theres a lack of communication during the interview process I was told to "Take is easy" (three times in an abrupt and annoyed manner).
All while this happened, I was deemed successful on the initial interviews and scheduled for a technical interview, however, once I sent an email to the UK recruiter to explain my frustration of unprofessionalism and disrespect I felt I received, I was sent an email saying Im no longer being considered for the role, even though I hadn't taken the technical interview.
Conde Nast had chosen to remove my application because I gave them feedback during the interview process.
The negatives greatly outweigh the positives to even interview here in my humble opinion.