I applied online. I interviewed at Suade Labs (London, England) in Oct 2025
Interview
Multi-stage process:
1st stage: Code Submission on a site similar to Leetcode approximately 1 week after I submitted the application. You are asked to code 2 different short functions and then submit a video explaining one of them. Also includes a few questions about programming generics like PEP8 etc.
2nd Stage: An interview with someone from the HR department. If you get past the 1st stage, then about 2 weeks later, you get an email to schedule a meeting with HR. This is a fairly easy meeting; you're asked if you have any criminal offences, what your strengths and weaknesses are, etc. Super easy to get past this stage. I got an invitation to the next stage in an hour (HR had to find someone in the relevant department I applied for to check meeting availability).
3rd Stage: A technical interview. You're given a few code snippets and asked what the expected output would be. Again, super easy if you know coding basics (things like list comprehensions). I passed this stage and got an invite to the next stage almost immediately.
4th Stage: A formal code submission on GitHub. You're provided a PDF file which outlines something you have to code. In my case, it was an API. You're recommended to spend around 3 hours on this. Once you submit you're told you'll get an email in the next 2-3 weeks.
A week later, I got a generic copy-paste rejection email, which stated, "Too many applicants, can't provide individual feedback." This would've made sense after maybe the 1st or 2nd interview, but I had now spent almost 4 weeks on the hiring process. Underwent 2 individual meetings where I was tested by HR and a developer, made video recordings explaining my code and a 3-hour submission, and since I got rejected, you'd probably need to spend more time if you actually want the job (I spent close to 5 hours still). After spending this long in the interview process, giving them my time, I would've liked to receive atleast a bit of individual feedback, so I could learn what went wrong. I really do like the company, and what their goals are, and if I had received a rejection email with some sort of feedback, I would probably apply in the future as a mid-level or lead developer role, but this entire process has kind of put me off.
The inital assessment was a timed mainly numerical assessement. You had about 30 mins to complete 40 questions. The questions were not too difficult. Most were just numerical questions and some were C++ specific questions as well.
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Question 1
So I didn't get an interview but the assessment was a bunch of questions to test logic and thinking and some programming specific questions.
I interviewed at Suade Labs (London, England) in Sept 2025
Interview
Received an online coding test which had two easy questions, then you need to record yourself explaining one of the question. Got a rejection email an hour later without any feedback