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      Backend Software Engineer Interview

      13 Mar 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zendesk in May 2021

      Interview

      Standard interview: Initial screening with recruiter over phone, hiring manage, technical with the team I'd work with. Nothing too hard in regards to DSA and system design. Low to medium for a mid-level position

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Remove duplicate nodes in an unsorted linked list
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      Backend Developer Interview

      20 Mar 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Dublin, Dublin
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Zendesk (Dublin, Dublin) in Dec 2018

      Interview

      Experience in General: Interviewing with Zendesk was the worst experience I've ever had. If you browse the reviews on Glassdoor, you'll find multiple reviews talking about the same points. Zendesk doesn't respect candidates and deals with them as if they were disposable items. They would interview people, although, as they told me, don't have positions for them. HR Department: It took them almost six months to set up the interviews admitting that they have bad internal communications. They don't answer emails and requests, and they depend on some automated messages. They showed lack of experience during all the process especially in coordinating. They use superior behaviour, and they're not as humble as HR should be. The Interviews: The process consisted of six interviews, which I knew later that I shouldn't have. I was interviewed by the same people multiple times, was asked the same questions at times, and they seemed confused whenever I said I already answered this question. Two of the interviewers had little-to-no experience and they seemed to ask random questions commenting on what I said. The coding part was quite easy to complete, but later I got negative feedback claiming things that didn't happen. The final email (copy and paste from an old email) I got from the HR asked me not to discuss the decision and go try "your luck" somewhere else.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

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