Quite an easy interview, but communication with the other Software Engineers was very challenging.

First off was the design/coding interview, which was hosted by two in-house Software Engineers. They asked questions, sometimes in alternation, which was very confusing.

I was a bit taken aback by how chaotic the communication went. They jumped rapidly from one subject to another (and then back again), switched between spoken languages (the devs and I had the same native language, and I just wanted to keep it all in English for interviews to make it easier), and did not let me explain a solution deep enough.

I knew by the end of this that I didn't get the chance to explain the elevator design or the projects at my current company properly.

Next was the PM interview, which was really great. The PM focused a lot on how tech affects business. They asked me about metrics and KPIs. We talked about a potential project (e.g., how I would improve TransferWise), and it was pretty awesome in the end!

The result was negative in the end (as expected), but it was nice to have a look at the office. I wish I could have communicated better with the tech folks to understand more about that side of the story.

Design an elevator.