I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at L & P Solutions (Budapest) in Jun 2024
Interview
After a brief screening phone call with HR I was invited for a technical interview in person. There were a senior Java and a .NET developer and a manager from HR. After introductions I got reasonable questions to assess the depth of my knowledge of Java, OOP, and Spring. Then I received a behavioural/moral excercise presumably designed to reveal something about my character. A few standard HR questions followed at the end.
I did not get an offer because they were looking for a seasoned Java developer with instant outsourcing value, and my knowledge apparently did not reach up to that level. On the other hand I was looking for a full-stack position where I can expand on my backend skills. The outcome was understandable.
The interview was okay overall, both parties were able to discover the information about the other to make a decision. However there are a few things that could have gone better.
I raised my eyebrows when I was told that constructor injection is a bad practice in Spring since version 2. And since I said I preferred to use this pattern so far, I was told we can not continue with further questions then. I duly noted their stance.
The behavioural question/game felt weird all the way of the entire five minutes.
I have not received any feedback after the interview. That is a shame. At least a "we picked someone else" would have been decent to officially inform me about the outcome. I would have been also especially curious what the behavioural game gave away about me.
Interview questions [7]
Question 1
What will this code do?
```
public class A {
private int a = 0;
public static int met() {
return a++;
}
}
```
I have got five minutes to answer this game, there are no good or bad answers. There are three people stuck in a cave. A young woman, a middle-aged woman, and an older man. You are in charge of the rescue mission. The cave will be under water in 1.5 hours and a rescue squad needs 45 minutes to bring a single person up. The people can not communicate with each other and you have no means to communicate with them either. Which one would you save? (...) When two minutes have passed I was given new information. The young woman is pregnant, the miggle-aged women is a scientist in a wheel-chair and the older man is a veteran, high ranking soldier. Which one would you save now? (...) And it went on like this until the five minutes have passed.