Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Comparethemeercat.com as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Software Engineer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Senior Software Engineer and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Comparethemeercat.com takes an average of 2 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 2 days), whereas Senior Software Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 2 days).
I applied online. I interviewed at Comparethemeercat.com in Nov 2021
Interview
Had two stages of interview. One with HR and one with tech team. I was told second one was the final interview. But was not offered job and did not get a feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: What are your strengths?
Q: Name a task you are proud of doing.
Q: What is good code?
Q: What is your testing strategy in your current project?
A Phone screen with a person from the human resources department, after that, an interview through internet with two leaders of the team about your background and software development questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Background, projects and the interaction with your team
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Comparethemeercat.com
Interview
Slick process with very few stages. Tech test seemed unnecessary as was very simplistic and didn't seem to test much. Didn't meet much of the team before being offered a position.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Typical engineering questions with no whiteboarding