I applied online. I interviewed at Discord in Apr 2026
Interview
phone screen, AI allowed interview. Pretty sure I failed this because I let the AI do the system design for me, and just agreed with what it had. Practice system design before going in.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Discord (Boston, MA) in Oct 2022
Interview
After phone screening with HR, there are one technical interview with a senior engineer from another team and one behavioral interview with the hiring manager. The technical interview was fun. They asked me to implement some service instead of the usual leetcode. The behavioral interview was one of the worst. The hiring manager was late for the interview and didn't read my resume before the interview. After he finished reading my resume, he pretty much wanted to end the interview. It was complete waste of time for both parties.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Implement a chat service with any language of your choice.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Discord (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2026
Interview
Recruiter screen, technical screen, virtual onsite with 4 rounds (two technical, 2 behavioral). Overall experience was good, recruiters were kind and had a quick turnaround for updates. They even gave a doordash gift card for interviewing with them,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
a trie related problem to search for certain words
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Discord in June 2025
Interview
I was not at all impressed by the interview process. The recruiter is slow to work with, and even if they do get you scheduled, the technical screen is pretty much pointless. Even if you arrive at a good solution, you may or may not move onto the six-round onsite.
I moved onto the technical screen call and did exactly what the interviewer wanted me to, yet was unable to move onto the onsite round. I did not enjoy the interview, really, as it was more of a coding monkey challenge.. not much back and forth discussion.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Code up a small server side application, test using multiple clients