I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Arkera (London, England)
Interview
The process is completely disorganized. The CEO has been late and his questions were completely random such as "are you hungry?", "are you strong?", "are you a disruptor?". Have never experienced something like this.
The recruiter looked desperate because he did not know what to expect from the CEO. I thought he would never show up.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you hungry?
Are you strong?
Are you a disruptor?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Arkera (London, England)
Interview
The interview process consisted of 4 rounds
1. Phone interview assessing your CV and a brief question session about yourself and your knowledge of the industry
2. On site interview - Introduction to the people on your team and 3 30 min interviews with them one on one. They go through how the company works and where you would fit in. Also assess your previous experience and skills
3. The next set of interviews is with senior leadership at the firm (team leads/CEO's). These interviews try to gauge your soft skill set. How hungry/motivated are you? Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years? Are you a go-getter? Do you want to be a disruptor type questions
4. The final round of interviews was like a recap of all previous interviews and felt as though they needed assurance of who they would be hiring. Met with senior leadership and team lead again and just affirmed whether I was the right fit.
No where in the interview process where there any technical questions or tests of any sort
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give an example of when you had to solve a real problem?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Arkera (London, England) in Jul 2019
Interview
Applied directly online. First, had a telephone interview followed by a coding exercise which took about 45 minutes. I was then invited to the Arkera offices in London where I met a few employees, including the CTO, and had a code review with one of their engineers. Everyone I met was pleasant and overall it was an interesting informative experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why are you interested in working at a smaller company like Arkera?