Tide

Backend Engineer Interview Experience - Niš

October 15, 2025

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks.

The first HR interview was okay, and everything was normal. Then it came to the code review test (60 minutes), which also went okay, pretty normal stuff. But after that, they didn't bother to notify me that they were not going to continue the hiring process with me. Rejection is fine, but it is very unprofessional to not let someone know if you are going to work with them or not. It's been 3 months and counting...

Questions

There was a code review of a simple code snippet, though I cannot recall the specifics. They asked whether we update the internal database first and then the third-party one, or vice versa, since the changes needed to be visible in both systems.

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Tide's interview process for their Backend Engineer roles in Niš is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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