Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at SmartBarrel overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at SmartBarrel as a Software Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at SmartBarrel in Jul 2025
Interview
The interview process was unprofessional and uncomfortable.
The interviewer began with inappropriate personal questions about my nationality and immigration background. Given current geopolitical tensions, this felt biased and irrelevant.
Technical questions focused only on Nuxt.js, ignoring that Vue.js is the foundation. It felt more like trying to expose weaknesses than fairly assess skills.
Communication was very poor. The interviewer’s English was difficult to follow, technologies were mispronounced, and I had to ask for clarification, making the interview frustrating and unproductive.
The overall tone was dismissive, including comments like wanting to “interview good engineers first.”
No feedback was ever provided afterward.
Overall: The process reflected bias, poor communication, and a lack of professionalism. I would not recommend interviewing here unless the company improves its interviewer training and evaluation practices.