I went through a recruiter interview, a hiring manager interview, and completed a case study. The case study itself was enjoyable, but the instructions and expectations were unclear—on one hand they said “don’t spend more than two hours,” yet they seemed to expect a script, a presentation, and precise answers to detailed questions and estimations. The feedback I received wasn’t entirely fair either; some of the points they flagged as wrong were actually correct and they just oversaw them. On top of that, I wasn’t given the opportunity to present my work in person, which felt a bit inconsiderate since I believe what I produced was a solid.
Smooth, take home test, hr screen, and then 2 panel interview with the team. Friendly interviews start to finish feedback given, prompt responses from hr. standard hr questions, standard sql, python questions nothing too difficult.
HR round basic questions
A bit judgey interview
He was distracted the whole time and was doing everything other than getting to know me
Later, he told me that the my current YOE isn’t sufficient for the role, if so why call me in for an interview in the first place?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Work experience
Experience with languages and tools
Round with internal recruiter covering salary, career progression, key competencies.
Hiring manager to discuss the role as more of a get to know you set-up.
Technical test, covering core competencies.
Product managers to cover more technical questions around prioritisation and contributions, collaborating as a team.
Skip-one manager, personality fit.
