I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Backbase (Amsterdam) in Jul 2020
Interview
Just to make it clear: I haven't received an offer yet, but if I get it I will probably accept.
I was referred by my former colleague.
First round was a short talk with the recruiter just as an introduction.
Then they sent me a test assignment. Normally they expect to complete it during a week but I didn't have much time and they allowed to take more days. It wasn't that complex and solutions can be easily found in github(for example), but I wrote my own solution, which is also open on github.
After I sent it back and they checked it they scheduled the the next round with 2 engineers. We went through the assignment and discussed some other programming aspects. Everything went smoothly and I have a very positive impression.
After that it was a last round with 2 developers managers. We were talking about ways of working, some principles and about software production in general. Was also a very good experience.
Currently I'm waiting for the feedback and decided to write a positive review even if I will not get an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Test assignment
2. Discussing solution, data structures, complexity, testing, patterns etc.
3. Scrum, pipelines, release cycles etc.
I applied online. I interviewed at Backbase (Amsterdam) in May 2025
Interview
Even the interview is a nightmare. They require you to do homework, with a full page of description what they expect from you, and they are unable to send the input file at the first place. They do not share the criteria, but after they reject on like typos and even thing which are not valid.
They are focused what you do not know, and not interested at all what you know.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Homework: create an API to rate restaurants, get back the top rated ones, query data from another API.
I found the interviewers somewhat disrespectful. While I was trying to clearly explain the system and the technical background, they seemed distracted—typing and not really listening. Later, they asked questions I had already answered, which made the whole experience feel dismissive.
It wasn’t a great interaction, and frankly, I don’t think I’d be comfortable working with people who approach conversations like that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They don't have any technical knowledge-- that's why they couldn't ask. Actually they have no idea to do it.
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Backbase with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 89.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 13 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Backbase overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Backbase as a Senior Software Engineer according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Presentation: 16%
Phone interview: 16%
Group panel interview: 14%
Drug test: 12%
Skills test: 9%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Other: 2%
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