Working Student for Performance Engineering Interview Experience - Karlsruhe, Germany
February 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
The interview was conducted with three employees. Two were future teammates, and the third was the group leader. They were really relaxed, as was the atmosphere, and gave me enough time to express myself.
Actually, the whole interview was more about getting to know if I fit the team than about assessing my knowledge. This was also confirmed afterward.
In the beginning, we started with basic background questions. They went specifically into one position on my CV and asked me for every little detail about it. That position was extremely relevant to the team leader, and about 30% of the interview was about that.
Questions
How would you extend an existing project with command-line interactions to have it with a REST interface?
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The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the SAP Working Student for Performance Engineering role in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg.
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SAP's interview process for their Working Student for Performance Engineering roles in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for SAP's Working Student for Performance Engineering interview process in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg.
SAP Work Experiences
5.0
Great Team, Low Pay
Software Developer • Current Employee
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
February 8, 2022
Pros: Nice team, interesting topics, high impact.
Cons: Not the most competitive payment.
5.0
Many pros, no significant cons
Software Developer • Current Employee
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
September 25, 2019
Pros: SAP in general: Lot of individual freedom, nice colleagues, coffee corner culture, learning is emphasized, interesting topics, lots of open source, etc.
The office in Karlsruhe is centrally located; most of our colleagues live nearby.
Cons: Actually, I don't feel cons in my daily work. If you don't like to work in an international, multi-cultural team, then SAP is most likely not the best choice for you. Otherwise, it is.
5.0
Good employer
Senior Developer • Current Employee
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
March 8, 2018
Pros: Good pay, many benefits, works council (yay!).
The company is extremely focused on sustainability - CO2 reduction, 100% renewable electricity, low-energy buildings.
Diversity is taken seriously - come as you are, whether you are Black, lesbian, disabled, eccentric, female, it doesn't matter, the main thing is that you are committed. No one has to hold back here, as long as you treat others with respect.
Annual salary increase with a base increase for everyone and a performance-related component.
Internal transfers are easy if you've been there for a while.
If the manager agrees, you can work a certain percentage remotely (home office).
Cons: Does business with arms corporations, has special software versions for the military :-(
Unclear compensation structure, designed so that the manager can (almost) freely decide at the end how much salary increase he gives you.
Lots of bureaucracy. In development, you might spend 20% of your time coding, the rest is filled with Excel sheets or reading thousands of wiki pages with things you need to consider. Many people with little to no technical understanding set high standards for what the final product can achieve (performance, security, accessibility, internationalization, ...). How you implement it, however, is then your responsibility.
Some departments are heavily KPI-driven. Employees then align their work with KPI optimization, not with what would be sensible.
If you apply, you should look very closely at which department you end up in – there is a lot of light and shadow. On the other hand, once you are on board, an internal transfer is quite easy.
- 5.0Great Team, Low PaySoftware Developer • Current EmployeeKarlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyFebruary 8, 2022Pros: Nice team, interesting topics, high impact.Cons: Not the most competitive payment.
- 5.0Many pros, no significant consSoftware Developer • Current EmployeeKarlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySeptember 25, 2019Pros: SAP in general: Lot of individual freedom, nice colleagues, coffee corner culture, learning is emphasized, interesting topics, lots of open source, etc. The office in Karlsruhe is centrally located; most of our colleagues live nearby.Cons: Actually, I don't feel cons in my daily work. If you don't like to work in an international, multi-cultural team, then SAP is most likely not the best choice for you. Otherwise, it is.
- 5.0Good employerSenior Developer • Current EmployeeKarlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMarch 8, 2018Pros: Good pay, many benefits, works council (yay!). The company is extremely focused on sustainability - CO2 reduction, 100% renewable electricity, low-energy buildings. Diversity is taken seriously - come as you are, whether you are Black, lesbian, disabled, eccentric, female, it doesn't matter, the main thing is that you are committed. No one has to hold back here, as long as you treat others with respect. Annual salary increase with a base increase for everyone and a performance-related component. Internal transfers are easy if you've been there for a while. If the manager agrees, you can work a certain percentage remotely (home office).Cons: Does business with arms corporations, has special software versions for the military :-( Unclear compensation structure, designed so that the manager can (almost) freely decide at the end how much salary increase he gives you. Lots of bureaucracy. In development, you might spend 20% of your time coding, the rest is filled with Excel sheets or reading thousands of wiki pages with things you need to consider. Many people with little to no technical understanding set high standards for what the final product can achieve (performance, security, accessibility, internationalization, ...). How you implement it, however, is then your responsibility. Some departments are heavily KPI-driven. Employees then align their work with KPI optimization, not with what would be sensible. If you apply, you should look very closely at which department you end up in – there is a lot of light and shadow. On the other hand, once you are on board, an internal transfer is quite easy.
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