Interviewers ask very invasive questions about your personal life that have nothing to do with the job you are applying for. I answered all questions honestly, but was very turned off by the unprofessionalism of this company. I understand their tactic of getting people to speak truthfully to gauge culture fit, but it is outright illegal to ask invasive questions that do not relate to a job.
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Question 1
Tell me your life story
I didn't look at your CV, tell me about yourself
What do your parents do?
When did you graduate? (probes until they can find out your age)
Are you single? Would you be able to relocate?
What did you like about living abroad?
typical interview process, one round with hr. followed by a 75 min coding interview pair programming with one of the engineers. In the coding interview it was encouraged to use ai.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
create a autocomplete system for search based on a list of search frequencies.
There was a first round with hr followed by a 1hour interview, use of AI was encouraged. Interviewer was not very knowledgeable and I had to discover a solution that she understands
The interview was intense and definitely exceeded my expectations. The technical rounds were particularly challenging, but I felt prepared. One of the system design questions was about creating a webhook delivery system with various complexities, and I was relieved because I had explored that exact topic on PracHub just days before. After tackling some coding problems, I faced some behavioral questions that tested my thought process. Overall, the experience was demanding, but I was thrilled to receive an offer, which I happily accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a webhook delivery system that retries on failure with exponential backoff. Cover idempotency, ordering guarantees, dead-letter queues, and how you'd handle a downstream consumer that's been offline for hours.