Senior Build and Release Engineer Interview Experience - Canada
Process
The first round was a discussion with a recruiter. It was nice and informative.
The second round was with the hiring manager, which surprisingly finished in 20 minutes. He shared an exercise with me.
Questions
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Normal basic interview questions
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The interview exercise wasn't relevant to the role. As per instructions, you were allowed to write in your language and not necessarily use a production-ready tool within 2 hours. After submitting the exercise, I didn't receive any response. On the 10th day, I asked for a follow-up and then learned that I had been rejected because my tool was written in Bash and was not production-ready (please read the full comment to understand the entire situation).
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Slack Senior Build and Release Engineer role in Canada.
Success Rate
Slack's interview process for their Senior Build and Release Engineer roles in Canada is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Slack's Senior Build and Release Engineer interview process in Canada.
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