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      Java Backend Engineer Interview

      29 Jul 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY

      Other Java Backend Engineer interview reviews for Zoom Communications

      Java Backend Engineer Interview

      28 May 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zoom Communications (New York, NY) in Feb 2022

      Interview

      Let me start by saying I interviewed at a bunch of companies this cycle and this was by far the worst experience. Started with a fairly standard recruiter call about my background and experience. They were very direct and professional. Nothing more nothing less. Where it all went wrong was the first round. It was a panel interview with 3 members of their team for 1.5 hours. Started with some basic questions about my previous projects, fairly standard. Then it evolved into Java trivia questions for the next 25 mins. Some of the most obscure questions that literally have nothing to do with day to day development. The interviewers kept cutting each other off. They were clearly not coordinated whatsoever and felt like they were just winging it at times. At one point one of them received a phone call and just stopped speaking and went on mute to take it. They seemed way more interested in whether I had memorized the answers to common trivia questions than assessing if I know how to write software. Don't get me wrong for a Java focused role I was expecting some Java related questions but this was just overkill. It was supposed to end with a coding question but there was a divine intervention and my internet cut out. By the time it game back on they had all left the call. The recruiter let me know after it wouldn't make sense to reschedule as they thought I wasn't senior enough for the position and that that team has an extremely high bar. Sure let's call it that. If you want to do well for this position just google common Java interview questions. Honestly this was such an off putting and imo outdated way of interviewing that I have no desire to ever apply to zoom again.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What are some differences between Java 8 and 11. Difference between final, finally, and finalize. How do you make a singleton class.
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      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Zoom Communications (San Jose, CA) in May 2021

      Interview

      Standard HR phone screen first, asking typical personality/general questions and some light technical ones, followed by a one hour live technical interview over video as the second round. Good flexibility on times for interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Two data structure/algorithm questions in 45 minutes, with a lead-in, non-technical career question before, and a little Q&A time after.
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