Nubank

Full Stack Developer Interview Experience - Bogotá, Colombia

August 22, 2020

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied through a recruiter. The process took four weeks.

I was first contacted via LinkedIn by a recruiter. After that, we scheduled a one-hour HR interview. Everything seemed okay until that point, so then they sent me a full-stack assessment. However, in reality, that was a pure front-end assessment. Basically, they wanted a scalable, simple interest calculator based on a provided design. They encouraged me to use JavaScript or Closure (without any framework) and functional programming. It should take a JSON object with a structure provided in the instructions, and also, it should output a JSON object. I built the app from scratch using a scalable design pattern with well-tested, clean code and a responsive UI.

However, after more than two weeks of waiting for a response (and trying to reach them for a confirmation email), I got an email notifying me that they wouldn't be moving forward with my process. I'm still waiting for the technical feedback, but based on other reviews that I read here, I'm not sure if I'll get it, or at least an objective one. In conclusion, I feel it is a waste of time to apply for a position in this company. If you get contacted by them, think twice if you are going to start a process.

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Interview Statistics

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Nubank's interview process for their Full Stack Developer roles in Bogotá, Bogotá is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Nubank's Full Stack Developer interview process in Bogotá, Bogotá.

Nubank Work Experiences

Good Place to Work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good environment and competitive salary.

Cons: Although the benefits are getting better, it is below other big technology companies.

Good Place to Work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good environment and competitive salary.

Cons: Although the benefits are getting better, it is below other big technology companies.

Great place to work, but salary can be better elsewhere

Lead Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bogotá, Bogota

Pros: Amazing people at hand in Slack. You can reach the folks that wrote Clojure, Datomic, and the ones that created Nubank from the start to ask questions and learn from them.

Cons: Really hard to get promoted, its probably easier to quit, return a year later and apply to the next level and get hired. Sometimes the priority is to show off your work than doing it, so a document that explains how to do something better (even if it's wrong) might be better for your career than make the thing better without much documentation. For promotions, you're overly dependent on how your manager sells you, there's no way you can overcome a bad manager aside from changing teams. The issue is that most tech managers are mid. Usually the ones that were engineers and did the work (and they were good engineers) and became managers because they didn't like their managers are the good ones.

Great place to work, but salary can be better elsewhere

Lead Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bogotá, Bogota

Pros: Amazing people at hand in Slack. You can reach the folks that wrote Clojure, Datomic, and the ones that created Nubank from the start to ask questions and learn from them.

Cons: Really hard to get promoted, its probably easier to quit, return a year later and apply to the next level and get hired. Sometimes the priority is to show off your work than doing it, so a document that explains how to do something better (even if it's wrong) might be better for your career than make the thing better without much documentation. For promotions, you're overly dependent on how your manager sells you, there's no way you can overcome a bad manager aside from changing teams. The issue is that most tech managers are mid. Usually the ones that were engineers and did the work (and they were good engineers) and became managers because they didn't like their managers are the good ones.

Salary

Senior Analytical Engineer • Former Employee

São Paulo, São Paulo

December 19, 2024

Pros: Stack Colleagues Environment Career Visibility

Cons: CTO compensation and work life balance

Senior Analytical Engineer • Former Employee

São Paulo, São Paulo

December 19, 2024

Pros: Stack Colleagues Environment Career Visibility

Cons: CTO compensation and work life balance

Good Place to Work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good environment and competitive salary.

Cons: Although the benefits are getting better, it is below other big technology companies.

5.0
Good Place to Work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
August 9, 2022
Pros: Good environment and competitive salary.
Cons: Although the benefits are getting better, it is below other big technology companies.

Great place to work, but salary can be better elsewhere

Lead Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bogotá, Bogota

Pros: Amazing people at hand in Slack. You can reach the folks that wrote Clojure, Datomic, and the ones that created Nubank from the start to ask questions and learn from them.

Cons: Really hard to get promoted, its probably easier to quit, return a year later and apply to the next level and get hired. Sometimes the priority is to show off your work than doing it, so a document that explains how to do something better (even if it's wrong) might be better for your career than make the thing better without much documentation. For promotions, you're overly dependent on how your manager sells you, there's no way you can overcome a bad manager aside from changing teams. The issue is that most tech managers are mid. Usually the ones that were engineers and did the work (and they were good engineers) and became managers because they didn't like their managers are the good ones.

4.0
Great place to work, but salary can be better elsewhere
Lead Software Engineer • Current Employee
Bogotá, Bogota
March 14, 2025
Pros: Amazing people at hand in Slack. You can reach the folks that wrote Clojure, Datomic, and the ones that created Nubank from the start to ask questions and learn from them.
Cons: Really hard to get promoted, its probably easier to quit, return a year later and apply to the next level and get hired. Sometimes the priority is to show off your work than doing it, so a document that explains how to do something better (even if it's wrong) might be better for your career than make the thing better without much documentation. For promotions, you're overly dependent on how your manager sells you, there's no way you can overcome a bad manager aside from changing teams. The issue is that most tech managers are mid. Usually the ones that were engineers and did the work (and they were good engineers) and became managers because they didn't like their managers are the good ones.

Salary

Senior Analytical Engineer • Former Employee

São Paulo, São Paulo

December 19, 2024

Pros: Stack Colleagues Environment Career Visibility

Cons: CTO compensation and work life balance

4.0
Salary
Senior Analytical Engineer • Former Employee
São Paulo, São Paulo
December 19, 2024
Pros: Stack Colleagues Environment Career Visibility
Cons: CTO compensation and work life balance

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