This is a review of iptiQ. Since SwissRe advertises jobs for iptiQ on SwissRe and not iptiQ, I think it's appropriate to post this here. The dehumanized process starts with an easy hackerrank challenge with leetcode about pagination, recursion, array sum, position of new element in array and multiple / single choice questions about dependency injection, general HTTP, HTTP headers, immutable objects and threads vs. processes. The next task was a coding challenge, i.e. implementing a load balancer with special attention to principles like SOLID, DRY, YAGNI etc. However, I cancelled the process right there because of the total lack of contact to any human working at / recruiting for this company that would get to know my motivations etc. and who I could ask questions. It was so blatantly obvious that they, whoever that is, would be much more inclined to ghost an applicant they would have never talked to, so I considered the process incl. the artificial coding challenge, to which anyone could look up a solution online, a waste of time and proceeded with the other companies I was interviewing with, absolutely none of which expects that much from a candidate before any actual interview with a human being is arranged. Engineers, please do know how much your time is worth & don't put up with bs processes like this one except if you're really desperate / have lots of time to spare

First they screen you via hackerrank, threating you like a commodity. They do this to save on the recruitment process, they must receive hundreds of applications. Then they invite you for an interview. To my surprise, coding again.. they asked "do you have a laptop, we need to make a code exercise", hello... and you say it to me now that I had to code today? Like I had a laptop in my pants, and after coming all the way to Zürich, to code 3 Java loops? You must be kidding me. The interviewer asking nasty questions like "are you married" and so forth, completely incompetent and clueless about the most basic interview laws. STAY AWAY!!!