By far one of the worst interview rounds I’ve ever had. All the interviewers I had a chance to talk to have been at the company for less than 6 months. Their questions had nothing to do with the company profile and the job itself. One of the interviewers shamelessly asked me a question to design a core system of his previous company. When asked about how they like working at Rippling so far, all the interviewers complained about the lack of work-life balance and fast pace. Pretty bad experience, don’t do that to yourself.
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Question 1
Leet-code style questions, just not well defined and explained
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Rippling (London, England) in May 2026
Interview
Their recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn for a Software Eng (London) role. The overall process was very smooth and well organized. After the recruiter call, I was scheduled for a Technical Design screening round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
After basic pleasantries, the system design question was - Design a hotel booking system. The interviewer was an eng manager. The env was coderpad.
It's a pretty standard question where you need to manage hotel inventories (keep in mind small and large scale hotels), room bookings for guests, etc.
The process was coding-heavy and centered on data structures and algorithms. The interview included problems such as Median of Two Sorted Arrays, Maximize Amount After Two Days of Conversions, and Find Bounding Boxes of Connected Houses in a Ragged Grid. Interviewers also asked about time complexity, edge cases, and optimization tradeoffs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
[x] Median of Two Sorted Arrays
[x] Maximize Amount After Two Days of Conversions
[x] Find Bounding Boxes of Connected Houses in a Ragged Grid
I applied online. I interviewed at Rippling (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
I spent a lot of time and effort preparing for my interviews, they were relatively easy but I don’t think this company actually wants to hire people. I thought my interview went super well but I received a flat out rejection (standard automated rejection after onsite) it absolutely crushed me. No feedback or follow up, straight up rejection. They’re soulless, do not join. I think I dodged a bullet