I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Swappie (Helsinki, Southern Finland)
Interview
The first round was an interview with the team lead / Head of Engineering. The second round had 2 parts: the first part was a "pair-programming" session with a member of the team, the second part was a system design interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to improve an existing backend system of the Stock app (the one that is similar to the Stock app on iPhone)
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Swappie
Interview
1st round - Call with Recruiter
2nd round - Call with Team Lead
3rd round - pair programming with team member
4th round - system design
- Pair programming is not difficult and you should communicate and work with the member to solve the problem and write the tests
- For System design you are given the document in advance to read and then with few team members you discuss the possible solutions, trade-offs.
Overall good communication with the team, recruiter.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Existing background
- Questions on cloud technologies
- Pair programming - Choose your language and the task is fairly simple.
- System design - tradeoff, improvements and pitfalls.