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Software Developer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom

October 17, 2017
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks.

  • Phone interview with a recruiter: he explained the process well and asked some basic questions about myself and how I work at my current job.
  • Technical test: develop a loan system with well-written requirements and an explanation of what they were looking for.
  • Technical phone interview: a half-hour technical question-and-answer session with a senior developer.
  • Face-to-face interview: this was the most unorganised of all and left a very bad taste. It was a 3-step process: a) Pairing exercise: the developer who was supposed to do it was missing with no update for 15 minutes. A replacement was set up quickly, but he was constantly jumping ahead explaining the problem, simply didn't allow me to write my own code as he already had a solution in mind, and was not ready to listen. b) Interview with a Scrum master/developer: didn't have time to conduct the interview and left after a few minutes, in my opinion, just pretending to fulfil a commitment. c) Interview/conversation with the CTO, who was very busy despite a prior schedule.

The overall process was OK except for the last part. I was even OK with not meeting the CTO. In my humble opinion, every candidate is making an effort to come for the interview, and the least they deserve is that the company shows them respect.

Questions

I was asked to extend my code submission to cover an extra scenario.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the Zopa Software Developer role in London, United Kingdom.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

Zopa's interview process for their Software Developer roles in London, the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive40%
Neutral20%
Negative40%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Zopa's Software Developer interview process in London, United Kingdom.

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