I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Rapid Ratings International (Dublin, Dublin) in Jun 2026
Interview
Was a simple conversation for the first stage, detailing my experience and going over the job specs, seeing if I was a good fit for the role. For the second, round I was met by the CTO and an architect, who each had a printed copy of my CV and how it could relate to the role. They highlighted specific sentences I had written and wanted me to explain almost every phrase that they saw. It was an intense grilling of my CV to see how well you did in my previous roles. There was no coding involved; it was more about them learning about me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give a previous example of migrating legacy code to a microservice-based system
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Rapid Ratings International (Dublin, Dublin) in Apr 2025
Interview
They have a very straightforward and pleasant interview process. I found everyone at Rapid ratings to be nice to deal with.
There was a 15 minute call with the HR manager discussing general experience.
A 30 minute teams call. This was a casual, but technical, run through of my experience with an architect. There were a few standard technical questions thrown in.
The final interview was 90 minutes in person with the hiring manager and another architect. This consisted of a 30 minute code challenge, and an hour of going through my experience in detail, with a whiteboard exercise to explain a project I had worked on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk through an application I had mentioned on my CV.
