I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Dun & Bradstreet in Jan 2017
Interview
The interviewers were oppressively arrogant, yet sweaty and desperate. Stubbornly formal, yet unprofessional. It was one of the most uncomfortable interviews I've ever experienced.
- The order of interview panels was different from what I was told to expect
- Key interviewers were absent
- More than once, an interviewer was signaled from outside the room, and they abruptly left. After a few minutes they came back and said it was an emergency they had to attend to
- The technical interviewers asked me to code certain algorithms from memory (which is ridiculous if you've been out of college for a little while)
- The technical interviewers' goal was to prove (a) that they already knew everything that I know, and (b) that they were smarter than me
- Nobody showed any passion
- Nobody showed any interest in discovering my strengths
- Each one of them formed an opinion about me in the first 15 seconds, and treated the rest of the time as a formality
You are not going to hire anyone worth hiring if you keep up that attitude.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Code one of the standard "college" sort algorithms
for my role it was a good interview as UI developer
The interview process is a structured series of steps an organization uses to evaluate candidates for a position, typically involving screening calls, in-person or virtual interviews, and potentially skills assessments or tests
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Dun & Bradstreet (Dublin, Dublin) in Dec 2023
Interview
The initial call with the recruiter and the hiring lead. Then the technical interview with team member and technical lead. Finally, a behavioral interview. Smooth and practical interview process. Did not take much time. The interviewers are very friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a project that you worked on with a whiteboard session and questions from the architecture drawn on the board, and explain where can we make improvements
Pretty standard. The only weird thing during the whole process was that only one or two people had their cameras on. Everybody was pretty much likable, polite, good with tech.
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Dun & Bradstreet with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 4 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Dun & Bradstreet overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Dun & Bradstreet as a Senior Software Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 67%
Group panel interview: 33%
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