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Cursor Software Engineer Interview Experiences
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The whole process felt way more startup-y than normal. First was a 45 minute informal chat where he went through my background, asked why Cursor, and was very candid about the company and pace. Then I…see more
If I were prepping again, I would not just grind LeetCode and call it a day. That helped for the initial technical round, but the final was much more about whether I could jump into an unfamiliar repo…see more
My read is they are hiring like a fast-moving startup, not a mature company. For this process, there was basically no recruiter layer, just a hiring manager who was very open about the pace, long hour…see more
