Data Analytics Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom
Process
There were 5 rounds. The recruiting team was responsive, and the process was swift and smooth. I appreciated their transparency and was informed of what to expect at every stage. The interviewers were professional and amiable, and I had a good time conversing with them.
(1) Recruiter screen: understanding work experience and motivations. (2) Technical round with more questions on work experience and relevant domain questions, and a 45-minute SQL assessment on HackerRank. (3) System design round for data engineers (data pipelines, dimensional modeling, etc.). (4) and (5) were onsite behavioral rounds to understand how I worked within a team.
Questions
Why do you want to join Checkout.com?
2 medium level SQL questions
How do you work in a team?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Checkout.com Data Analytics Engineer role in London, United Kingdom.
Success Rate
Checkout.com's interview process for their Data Analytics Engineer roles in London, the United Kingdom is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Checkout.com's Data Analytics Engineer interview process in London, United Kingdom.
Checkout.com Work Experiences
- 2.0Kindness Vs. Bully TeamSenior Frontend Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomNovember 7, 2025Pros: They are understanding of personal situations.Cons: No personal growth, only delivery mindset. The team is a bully.
- 5.0Smart Team, Maturing ProcessesSoftware Engineering Manager • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomOctober 21, 2025Pros: Smart people, clear mission, strong learning opportunities, and solid benefits.Cons: Processes still maturing; fast pace; occasional late meetings.
- 3.0Make Checkout Great AgainSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomOctober 10, 2025Pros: - Good salary. They also offer a generous bonus at the end of the year, which is rare in this industry. - Tech stack is very interesting. You're gonna learn a lot of infrastructure as well as AI and data engineering if you end up in a good team. - People are very smart and in general very motivated. If you enjoy building cool stuff, this is the place to go.Cons: - No flexibility in their hybrid policy: If you join Checkout, you must come 3 days per week in the office. There are some exceptions, i.e., if you are sick or for extraordinary causes. I really feel this policy hurts more than helps; most of the talent are going to competitors precisely for this reason, and for work/life balance, this is pretty bad. - Mandatory out-of-hours on-call. It is quite generous (50% of your hourly salary), however, if you are in a team with a lot of incidents (i.e., core teams), get yourself prepared. If you get an offer, make sure it's not a critical team to avoid this. - Perks are not really perks: they come as a deduction from your salary. For example, private health insurance. You need to sacrifice ~£100/month to get this "perk", as well as others, which I found a bit ridiculous. - The free lunches are terrible. Sorry, but it is the truth. I would suggest management radically change the free lunches approach and either offer vouchers to employees or a self-service catering like other tech companies do.
