I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at GitLab (Montreal, QC) in Oct 2023
Interview
I actually liked the interview format as it was not typical leetcode. They asked me to review a PR. Passed that round and was setup to meet the team. Everything was good until now. I met the manager and some team members and believe the behavioural interview went well as well. And the radio silence. Countless emails sent to the recruiter with no reply. This is horrible as you put effort into preparing for the interviews and to just be ghosted after that is disgraceful. All it takes is a simple email to say that the position was filled or whatever the case. Found out later that other have experienced similar stuff with Gitlab. Shameful!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Gitlab? Tell us about an embarrassing project. Tell us about a recent performance problem.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at GitLab in Mar 2024
Interview
Screening interview, followed by a take home PR that asks you to do a task related to it in the gitlab ecosystem. Following that is a technical interview with an engineer for an hour and a half where you guys go over the PR and get a bit more in-depth with it. You can get tested on other concepts during this part that are related to what you're working on in the PR. Next was a behavioral with some of the management. My journey ended there but I believe there was one more behavioral round after that.
Interview process had some delays on their end and the 3 rounds took me almost 2 months, so patience and keeping your cool is key.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What experience do you have working with open-source projects?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at GitLab
Interview
A GitLab recruiter reached out to me via email asking if I’d be up to discuss a potential opportunity. I agreed to a call, in which the recruiter shared information about the role. The next steps were:
1. an interview with the manager who was hiring,
2. a take-home challenge in a Rails app,
3. a technical interview about the take-home challenge,
4. an interview with the department director.
In their rejection email, the recruiter suggested a call to talk about possible future opportunities. After this, their team sent out a feedback survey.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How much experience do you have working with open-source projects?
