I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pactio in Oct 2024
Interview
Initial conversation with the Head of People. This then led to a conversation with the current QA Engineer about past experience and reviewing points of interest from CV. Then a discussion about test methodologies and ethos before discussing the current company structure and more details about the role. Everyone involved in the interview process was very friendly but ultimately they decided to go with someone more experienced who could hit the ground running
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you approach developing test cases for a new feature being rolled out by one of the product teams
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pactio (London, England)
Interview
I recently went through the interview process at Pactio, which had 5 stages. Phonecall -> Technical Chat -> Technical Task -> Behavioural questions -> Founders Interview. All of this went very fast with things being organised the next day which was great to speed things along.
The interview process was definitely hard, but when you are working for a company as impressive as Pactio, you would expect it to be. I made it to the behavioural questions, when I was not then selected. Even though I was not selected, the company gave me a large amount of feedback on what went well and what didn't, as well as following it up with a phone call to dig deeper into the feedback, which was amazing to offer.
Overall, the interview process was a lot, but the company is worth it.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pactio
Interview
The interview process consisted of around 5 stages, which align pretty well with rest of the industry in terms of what interviews you'd expect.
Screening -> Technical Discussion -> Live Pairing -> System Design -> Culture Fit
One of the things that impressed me the most was the pace in which we completed the whole process. From start to finish Pactio fit the entire process in 2 weeks.
The speed within which I received feedback and invitations to the next stages (Sometimes only hours after an interview) + an offer definitely stood out to me against the other processes I was in.
Across the five stages of the process you essentially get to meet a wide range of people from the engineering team, and then most of the company at the final stage. This is a nice touch as it gives you a high degree of confidence about the culture of the company you are joining and quite quickly you can see how close the interpersonal relationships between the team are and how much they care about each other!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where you have had a leading role in resolving a major incident?