I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Kallidus in Jun 2026
Interview
Disconnected interview process for leadership roles
Pros: The HR team was responsive, and the scheduling process was smooth.
Cons: The interview loop for this management position was entirely theoretical and lacked relevance to real-world engineering. The evaluation committee focused heavily on academic concepts typically geared toward recent graduates, completely bypassing production experience, system architecture, or scaling challenges. It felt like the panel lacked hands-on experience deploying or managing this technology at scale in a commercial environment.
Advice to Management: Align the interview panel's expectations with the actual seniority of the role. Managerial candidates should be evaluated on leadership, production scaling, and commercial delivery rather than textbook theory.
It’s long - first stage is a phone call, then a meeting with a couple of the team and then an in person interview and presentation, it took a while to prepare the presentation and then really grilled
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why I wanted the job, books and podcasts I’d listened to
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Kallidus (Bristol, England) in Oct 2021
Interview
Vigorous, with a number of tests to get an idea of what kind of person I was. Felt lengthy but I felt was good in that the company got to get an in depth insight about me before the interview. Although the position I interviewed for I didn't get, the recruiter at Kallidus thought I'd be better suited in another similar vacancy which in the end I got. Best thing was I didn't have to go through the tests again, just talk to the Line manager hiring.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me to complete a short task which I did successfully