Solicité el puesto a través de una agencia de empleo. El proceso duró 3 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Payroc en jul 2021
Entrevista
They ghost candidates after asking to do a take-home project. It is okay to be unsuccessful with the job application, but not okay for the company to silently abandon it.
You will know that you were unsuccessful only when you call the recruiter. No details will be provided, which is somewhat unfair.
The process was fairly simple - initial screen call, following with the take-home assignment to design a system on a minimum budget, and then to defend it as you do with your final year project.
I did a fair amount of work, prepared a 10+ pages document, but was a bit stressed during the interview. My guess is that they were looking for somebody more vocal and/or less expensive.
This experience has proven the old IT adage - don't put your heart and soul into any unpaid take-home assignments, or even better do not agree to do them at all. It will be a complete waste of time in most cases.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Design a system on a tight budget that might be scaled in the future.
Solicité el puesto a través de un captador. El proceso duró 1 semana. Acudí a una entrevista en Payroc en jul 2021
Entrevista
I applied through a recruiter and an initial technical screening was scheduled. The technical screening was very focused on theory and what-if scenarios and I didn’t have any live coding exercises.
I felt as though my interviewer was pretty engaged and interested in learning more about my experience. Ultimately, I ended up forgetting some basic theory which was most likely the reason for not moving forward.
Preguntas de entrevista [2]
Pregunta 1
Basic software theory questions (SOLID principal, etc.) and “what would you do if” questions.
Solicité el puesto a través de una agencia de empleo. El proceso duró 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Payroc (Belfast, Irlanda del Norte) en abr 2021
Entrevista
There were three parts to the interview. An initial screener of about 45 mins. In this interview they asked about what I was doing and my reasons for looking to move. Then followed by a number of short technical questions.
The next stage was a technical audition to spend a couple of hours offline designing a system to perform a set task.
The last stage was a follow up interview to explain the technical design and how to scale it up.
Both interviews were quite informal. The interviewers were friendly and whilst some questions were difficult, they didn't appear to be trying to trick me.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Describe your current role and your reasons for looking to move.
