What's the vibe?
Interview Experience
Okay everyone I have talked my husbands ear off about this so I'd like to get others opinions. I interviewed for a position on Monday- super brief with a recruiter 10-15 minutes max. I genuinely thoug
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Okay everyone I have talked my husbands ear off about this so I'd like to get others opinions. I interviewed for a position on Monday- super brief with a recruiter 10-15 minutes max. I genuinely thought it didn't go well until I received a follow up from the hiring manager saying "I'm very impressed with your resume" and asked me to interview Friday. I had a scheduling conflict and ended up interviewing this morning and left that call feeling fantastic? I currently love my job, but there is no growth potential. Here are some key words said in the interview: "I'm very impressed with your background and have no hesitations about your experience" "I wanted to loop back on how you said you love independence- I want you to know I am basically the anti- micromanager. They're my worst nightmare" Multiple confirmations that I had great questions, told me about what next steps would be and we went over the normal 30 minutes because we had so much to discuss. It was very light hearted, down to earth and I really felt like we clicked. The next steps seemed to be very loose for the moment as this was the hiring manager interview and it most likely will be another culture fit interview. BUT I have had wonderful interviews where I felt very strongly I was a match, we had a great time connecting and then it ended with them emailing me a rejection but they were usually very kind directly from the person I interviewed with not auto-rejections. I didn't leave them feeling as great as I did today though. I also noticed the position was removed from LinkedIn So here I am, wondering what outsiders think. This truly was a by chance auto-apply I clicked randomly a few weeks ago that just popped up. I wasn't aggressively looking but I just threw my name in the hat. This technically is step up- but going from a very large company to a much smaller one. My husband is saying I'm 100% going to get it but I can't be that positive without getting my feelings hurt.
About This Question
This is a candidate experience report from a linkedin interview for a swe role during the recruiter round reported in 2026.
It covers the following topics: Career, Behavioral .