The interview process included:

• Recruiter screen
• Take-home task
• Technical screen
• Behavioral interview

The take-home task was long. Basic problems can be solved in 3-5 hours, but completing only this will definitely not get you to the next stage. Therefore, you should spend at least 8-12 hours on it.

During the technical stage, they discuss the task and your solution and ask questions about topics like indexes and concurrency.

The cultural interview will focus on your strengths and weaknesses. If you are honest about these, you will be rejected. You need to present your weaknesses as strengths to succeed here, so you must lie or mention something trivial.

Communication from the recruiter was good throughout.

Due to the amount of time required to complete the process, especially for the take-home task, I would STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST interviewing here unless you have time to burn.

If you check LinkedIn, you can see that most of their engineers are based in India and Latin America. If you are looking for a European salary, you are up against thousands of underpaid competitors from these countries.

Questions about the drawbacks of indexes, optimizing complex SQL queries, and handling concurrent requests.

Cultural questions focused on your strengths and weaknesses, with examples.