I applied through other source. I interviewed at IKEA (Amsterdam) in Aug 2022
Interview
Senior Backend Engineer ( order to promise ) - worst experience i ever had in any interview.
Initial call with HR
Schedule a Recruitment day - 4 rounds on same day
Initial 1:30 hr discussion in general
Then Design discussion for one hour
Then programming for one hour
Final HR to give feedback
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Lot about my experience and usual story of how you convince etc etc .,
2n round was design and one of the panelist is unprofessional and keeps interupting and never allowed me to explain solution. Not sure how Ikea still keeps him and allowing him to be as panelist.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at IKEA (Malmö, Skåne) in Aug 2021
Interview
The process took 3 months to process, received good feedback for all round and finally reject application without feedback..
Rounds,
1. Interview with recruiter -- 1 hr
2. Interview with Hiring manager -- 1 hr
3. Offline assignment -- It need 3-4 hrs to complete
4. Interview with senior software engineer - 1 hr
5. IKEA culture interview -- 1 hr
6. Grand parent interview -- 1hr
Good feedback received for each round, Process took too long. When I finish one interview, it took 4-5 days to get feedback and after 1-2 weeks they schedule another interview.
I disappointed with the process because it was too long and even after getting encouraging feedback for each round. After 3 months they said that they are looking person who are bit more senior.
WASTE OF TIME. In general I don’t mind if I rejected with getting proper feedback. I spent more than 12 hours for each round and there is not even feedback why I rejected and what could I improve
I would comment here for candidates,
1, Don’t take your application in serious with IKEA(You can get rejection at anytime even though you receive good feedback from them),
2. Keep searching another job while you interviewing there.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Test will be given for home work and general basics Java , Spring and working style questions...
They much focus on soft skills rather technical.. I don't know why.
Candidates applying for Senior Backend Engineer roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IKEA overall takes an average of 19 days.
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