Quantexa

Platform Engineer Interview Experience

February 28, 2024

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks.

Initial Contact: Smooth introductory call with the People Team, covering job scope, company benefits, and Quantexa Academy.
Round 1 Interview: Conducted by the Head of Delivery in Singapore and the Principal Data Engineer, focusing on practical questions related to Kafka, Kubernetes, and CI/CD processes. The pace was comfortable despite the challenge.
Round 2 Interview: Interaction with an Architect from Australia, including a comprehensive take-home assignment that tested relevant skills and was engaging to complete.
Final Step: Catch-up with the People Team to discuss the job offer details.

Overall, the process was well-structured, informative, and engaging, providing a good balance between technical challenges and comfort.

Questions

Kafka: what are topics, partitions, and how to decide how much to provision for a Kafka cluster.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Quantexa Platform Engineer role.

Success Rate

100%

Pass Rate

Quantexa's interview process for their Platform Engineer roles is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Quantexa's Platform Engineer interview process.

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