I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at X
Interview
I applied online and was later contacted to take an online coding assignment on codility. I recommend doing some of the training exercises on codility before hand just to get use to how it works. The questions weren't too difficult. Just be conscious of the restrictions it specifies (time and space complexities).
After that I was contacted to have a phone interview with an engineer. We talked about my past projects I worked on and we talked about some of the frameworks/technologies I used. Then we moved onto a coding question where I coded on collabedit. The question wasn't too difficult. After that I was allowed to ask some questions.
After that I was contacted to schedule a second phone interview, which went similarly. The coding question this time was easier but I forgot to make an optimization for space complexity that I should have (although this wasn't pointed out to me, just something I realized later on). I was then asked some follow up questions about turning the function I had written into part of an API, which I wasn't prepared for but think I did fine. I was then allowed to ask some questions.
Unfortunately I was told that I wouldn't be moving forward. I felt I did well on the interviews and suspect my background didn't appeal to any open positions they had. The recruiter was very polite and helpful. Overall I had a positive experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing unexpected. Similar to questions at other top tech companies.
Phone screen, followed by two coding rounds, one system design, and one HM/behavioral round. Prepare with LeetCode tagged questions related to data structures, algorithms, and system design topics. Prepare for Behavioural in STAR method.
Went through two screenings and virtual onsite. Technical team members were friendly and great to speak with. Recruiters were pretty awful - the one that set up the virtual onsite gave everybody different zoom links and trying to find the correct room to join really cut into my interview time and made me stressed out during the VO. Main recruiter scheduled a phone call to discuss results after the VO for when it was past midnight in my timezone but never called or responded to my followup.
To the recruiter: you don't need to try to keep me warm by scheduling a phone call and ghosting me when I only asked you whats the decision timeline. If its rejection just email to let me know instead of wasting more of my time especially when its late in my timezone.
In general this would've been a positive experience if the recruiters weren't so bad.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at X (London, England) in Apr 2025
Interview
Ho effettuato un colloquio conoscitivo con HR dopodiché una sessione di live coding e domande tecniche con il responsabile dell'area. Domande vertevano su vari algoritmi e complessità in termini di tempo e spazio
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Risoluzione di un problema algoritmico che richiedeva l'utilizzo della funzione xor
