• No prior chat with the recruiter or hiring manager, no further explanations on the job or the team, etc.

• 30-minute profile fitness interview with two engineers from other teams, not aware of the team or the job. Although it went well, the interviewers reflected quite some randomness and questionable growth in the work they do. One of them felt very unhappy, with lots of frustrations, and was not sure how to progress in the company.

• 1-hour technical interview with two engineers again from other teams, not aware of the target job. Presumably a whiteboard session, but no whiteboard was shared at all. Again, a lack of empathy or sympathy or any logical progression; random, wide, and unclear questions; almost no interaction from the interviewers during the interview; failure to provide better scope or feedback on assumptions. The interview felt like a criminal investigation where you were already deemed guilty, or some sort of "do you like his face?" kind of interview. The kind of people you would like to work with. Again, if this shows something, it would hint at the limitation of their day-to-day satisfaction and the (lack of) sanity of the work environment.

In general, interviewers were not ready for the technical interview, boring interviewers, zero motivation for the company or the job. They felt like they were forced into the interviews and unhappy about this part of their job.

• Interview Feedback: Interview feedback stating things that were not in the interviews; interviewers having preconceived assumptions and incorporating them in the interview feedback; the recruiter making up stuff in the feedback that was not in any of the interview feedbacks; the recruiter admitting several issues but not fixing or changing anything, and asking me that this will not affect my impression of the company. Of course.

Hints:

• Make sure you get enough time at each interview to ask your questions.
• Ask about how they grew at Adyen (or not).
• Ask about their latest successes or challenges (if any).
• Ask about their frustrations.

• Tell us about a project you did.
• Tell us how you would manage configuration.