I applied through a recruiter. The process took two weeks.

Overall, it was a great experience, with interesting and friendly people throughout the process. The feedback and communication throughout the process were great, and the turnaround between each stage was very quick. There were a number of stages involved, which took around two weeks to complete:

• Initial call with a recruiter: This is a chat about what you know already, why you're interested in working there, and why you're looking to leave your current role.
• Interview with a developer: This is a chat about you and your previous experience based on your CV, and it gives you an opportunity to ask questions about working there.
• Take-home test: There is a take-home assignment which is relevant to the lending domain. This gives you a good opportunity to understand some of the problems you might be solving.
• Interview with an engineering manager: There was a 45-minute chat with an engineering manager and a senior QA engineer. This went deeper into my previous experience and explored my views on testing practices.
• Pair programming: This was a 45-minute session with a developer to go over my solution to the take-home test. We discussed some of the design decisions I had chosen, and I was asked to implement a couple of new features.

What does an ideal team look like to you?

Explain how you believe testing should be done throughout the process from development to production.