I applied online. I interviewed at Aussie Broadband
Interview
Interview process was ok, they gave a take home test which was time consuming. Their expectations were too high. I did the coding test pretty well for what it was, and mentioned there's better ways of doing it too. They expected a 1 week solution for something which would take 5 hours. First off, we do have a full time job, can't cater to this considering its time consuming.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Construct two API endpoints functions using Laravel which give some output.
Task 1 - Expose a new api endpoint to list all applications
Task 2 - Automate the ordering of all nbn applications.
Implement a queue worker and also schedule this one using Laravel scheduler.
Terrible application process. Their online application portal is very buggy, kept crashing and losing what I had input into the form. I had to restart sections multiple times. It also times out and drops your unsaved information periodically. Atrocious.
I received an automated acknowledgement of application submission. A month later I have heard nothing further. This is substandard given the time I lost trying to get through their application form.
Do better Aussie Broadband.
I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Aussie Broadband (Melbourne) in Sept 2022
Interview
Phone interview, then received 2hr est. tech test from GitHub repo. If approved after tech test, then may proceed to face-to-face interview, VoIP or in-person at local office. The phone interview was a mix of boilerplate interview questions, and random tech questions. FYI, this interview was for a Software Engineer role, they do not recognize Senior Software Engineers until you've at least passed the onboarding probation process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First few boilerplate interview questions
What do you think PHP could improve on?
What is type-hinting?
What is the n+1 problem? And how would you tackle this problem?
Hi
Sorry to hear that you have had a poor experince. We would like to connect with you to understand this some more to ensure all our candidates have a positive experince.
If you could please email careers@team.aussiebroadband.com.au with your details, we will give you a call to discuss
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