Straightforward. I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn had a discussion with them about the role they had on offer and accepted to move on to a more formal interview. Formal interview conducted on Teams as hiring manager at time was based out of Australia and I am based in Scotland. 30-45 minutes conversation over teams. After that heard nothing for around a week maybe 2 and received an email invite to second interview. Second interview was more of a generalised conversation getting to know me and interests outside of work. Then received an informal offer and formal offer around a week later.

The process started with a technical interview conducted by two Senior Software Engineers, focusing on Java Core and Spring Boot. Their approach was not about memorized definitions, but rather on how I understood and explained the concepts in my own words. At the beginning, they emphasized that there were no right or wrong answers, which helped create a more open discussion. This was then followed by an interview with the Project Manager, which centered more on behavioral and situational questions to assess how I would handle real-world scenarios, team collaboration, and problem-solving within the project environment.