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The Reality Of Tech Interviews in 2025 tl;dr: It’s been widely reported that the tech hiring market is much cooler than in 2020-2022; the number of software engineering job openings is down internationally in all major regions and the number of full-remote roles is in steady decline. Meanwhile, other metrics indicate that tech hiring is starting to recover – at least for senior engineers. This article is an attempt to get clarity about how tech interviews are changing, by focusing on what the engineers who take interviews are seeing. 

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The Reality Of Tech Interviews in 2025 tl;dr: It’s been widely reported that the tech hiring market is much cooler than in 2020-2022; the number of software engineering job openings is down internationally in all major regions and the number of full-remote roles is in steady decline. Meanwhile, other metrics indicate that tech hiring is starting to recover – at least for senior engineers. This article is an attempt to get clarity about how tech interviews are changing, by focusing on what the engineers who take interviews are seeing. 

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