HR call, two technical tests, behavioural interview. I passed all the stages then got rejected on the last question. The feedback was: we are looking for someone who is more passionate about Diversity and Inclusion. Pretty shocked and upset by this as I believe I gave a good answer and they did not say what was wrong with it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In your previous roles, how did you promote Diversity and Inclusion?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Financial Times
Interview
The HR screen was quick and fine.
The technical itself was with a potential team lead over video call and was one of the worst interview formats I've encountered.
It was a pure trivia quiz. The interviewer worked through a predefined list of questions with no depth or follow-up. No problem-solving. No system design. No discussion - just definitions recited back. If this is how the team evaluates senior engineers, it tells you a lot about the engineering culture.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Source control basics (squash/rebase/merge)
CI vs CD
How the even loop works
Thread blocking
NoSQL vs SQL
HTTPS/OTA security
The 4 principles of OOP
HashMap vs TreeMap in Java
Java beans
async/await in javascript
defensive programming
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Financial Times
Interview
1 - Phone interview
2 - Home test - The test was: Request Multiple URL's is responsible for doing the fetch of URL and response with data JSON data.
3 - Pair programmer about the step 2 implementation
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 - Creating a web page how to consume the API create the step 2;
2 - Running all tests
