Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, England
Process
I applied through a recruiter a few months ago. Before I had a chance to talk with them, I did a very long and difficult programming test, studying difficult formulas for monthly compounding and losing time because the result of the example provided in their assessment was probably wrong in some decimal digits. I say probably just because after continuous questions I realised that no one had a look at it, wasting two days of my time to create a perfect project that was fully working and delivered with a lot of unit tests. They also missed the time of the first phone interview, and they called me one hour later.
Questions
During the second phone interview, developers asked me a lot of theoretical questions. They told me that they had never seen my test.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 23 interview experiences for the Zopa Software Engineer role in London, England.
Success Rate
Zopa's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in London, England is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having good feelings for Zopa's Software Engineer interview process in London, England.
Zopa Work Experiences
- 4.0reviewSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, EnglandJune 14, 2024Pros: Working abroad and flexible working arrangement are a benefit.Cons: We are getting more and more performance culture, which is more demanding and has a low payrise.
- 2.0Not a good place for developersSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeLondon, EnglandMarch 8, 2019Pros: The office is in a nice location.Cons: - The compensation is low - The .NET tech stack is being rewritten in Java/Kotlin, meaning a lot of .NET devs experienced with the domain have left recently - Lots of internal politics
- 1.0If you want to work somewhere you're proud of what you build, Zopa isn't it.Software Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, EnglandAugust 29, 2025Pros: Some great people but quite a lot have sadly already left Maternity / Paternity is very generousCons: I don't think I've worked in a company that has worse morale across multiple departments and teams. Senior leaders appear to be constantly shooting from the hip making decisions without accountability. Product making decisions with what seems immediate value is the only consideration. If you want to work somewhere where you're proud of the work you put out Zopa isn't it. Some teams have only associates in them which is embarrassing for a number of different reasons, for me this is the perfect example of how Zopa views your development - they absolutely don't care. Senior leadership extremely out of touch Hit a brick wall once hitting senior 5* star reviews to push back up the rating leaves me even more disillusioned, rather than address most the issues that have been raised senior leaders or newly joined are often pressured to write reviews said 5* reviews - this to me says a lot about the attitudes of the company.
