# What excites you at work, and what demotivates you? Aced (formerly Exponent) publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-access. Source: https://www.aced.io/questions/548/what-excites-and-demotivates-you-at-work Source observed: 2026-11-05T00:10:55.305Z Last checked: 2026-11-05T00:10:55.305+00:00 Indexed: 2026-11-05T23:49:26.548+00:00 --- # What excites you at work, and what demotivates you? We provide this behavioral interview question for candidates preparing for roles including **Software Engineer**. The question is associated with **Two Sigma** and **LendingClub**, and the page records **3 interviews**. Detailed company statistics are available through [Upgrade](https://www.aced.io/upgrade?src=questions). ## Interview experience One interview experience has been shared: - [Two Sigma · 7 months ago](https://www.aced.io/experiences/two-sigma-senior-software-engineer-interview-46a3f5) — Software Engineer · Senior / L5 > "The overall interview process went smoothly. My recruiter was friendly and communicative, and flexible with my schedule (I was traveling and had to split up my interviews). I received feedback relatively quickly after each round (within a few days - I often had to wait longer with other companies). No surprises, the recruiter clearly described the type of interview for each round." ## Community answers Two community answers are available: ### Anthony O. — March 4, 2025 > What excites me at work is being able to work on new and challenging projects where I have to be allowed to be creative and work with little supervision. > > I'm demotivated by that constant supervision and breathing down on one's neck every minute of the day. [Anthony O.](https://www.aced.io/users/f32d2595-06d2-4280-8333-ffb3a2826263) has 0 karma. ### Bharathi P. — July 17, 2021 > Meeting and interacting with people, solving new problems excites me. Criticism puts me down [Bharathi P.](https://www.aced.io/users/0805db2e-bb39-425e-a894-7e64ebf1a365) has 0 karma. ## Related questions - [What motivates you?](https://www.aced.io/questions/5006/personal-motivation) - [What excites you most about technology?](https://www.aced.io/questions/598/what-excites-you-about-technology) - [Why do you want to work at Anduril?](https://www.aced.io/questions/6303/explain-interest-working-anduril) ## Related courses ### [Software Engineering Interview Prep](https://www.aced.io/courses/software-engineering) ![Software Engineering Interview Prep](https://images.ctfassets.net/x78yjrjc11pq/4VkuYewBHUFIVUS5oJDW5h/02e833439b1289f25f38f13f81cbdca3/adobe_stock_optimized.jpeg?w=800&h=800&fm=webp&q=75) We help candidates prepare for software engineering roles at Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and other companies through mock interviews, frameworks, and advice from senior candidates. Topics include data structures, algorithms, system design, people management, behavioral interviews, and more. ### [System Design Interviews](https://www.aced.io/courses/system-design-interviews) ![System Design Interviews](https://images.ctfassets.net/x78yjrjc11pq/78x7miFZFjBCrM5GqftrMJ/2f6d26e632c4e7265c49f6a180227edb/system_design_track_compressed_26ac98a46e__281_29_5be2280f31.jpeg?w=800&h=800&fm=webp&q=75) We teach candidates how to answer current system design questions across product, infrastructure, and AI domains with in-depth video examples, written breakdowns, reference patterns, and mock interview videos featuring senior engineers and managers. ## Submit your answer You can write and submit your own answer; submitting marks the question complete. We also offer [Practice with AI](https://www.aced.io/practice/ai/new?type=Behavioral&question=what-excites-and-demotivates-you-at-work&src=questions). --- [Read this page’s summary](https://www.aced.io/agents/api/public/v1/page-tldr?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aced.io%2Fquestions%2F548%2Fwhat-excites-and-demotivates-you-at-work&trace=t_679ff9ab98f3) ## Ask a follow-up about this page Need a more specific answer? Ask the exact question you have. It returns a fresh, cited answer from Aced (formerly Exponent)’s knowledge base. No account or API key required. Open this URL with your own question, URL-encoded. Include your question in q. All research inputs are optional; no account or setup. `GET https://www.aced.io/agents/agent/faq?q={question}&trace=t_679ff9ab98f3` [Tool guide and examples](https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-access) · [OpenAPI](https://www.aced.io/agents/api/public/v1/openapi.json) · [Page TLDR form](https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-tools/page-tldr?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aced.io%2Fquestions%2F548%2Fwhat-excites-and-demotivates-you-at-work). Opening a form does not execute a tool.