Zopa

Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom

February 7, 2017

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. The process took five days.

There were a couple of phone interviews, paired programming, and then cultural interviews. Paired programming was fine, but it's a very busy and noisy environment. A few people were nice, but one guy in particular wasn't very nice and came across as a bit arrogant. He was not someone that I would want to work with.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 19 interview experiences for the Zopa Software Engineer role in London, United Kingdom.

Success Rate

32%

Pass Rate

Zopa's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in London, the United Kingdom is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive47%

Neutral26%

Negative26%

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

Zopa Work Experiences

Good company to work for

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England

Pros: Good work/life balance Pretty open to try new tech stack

Cons: Tech debt is not addressed until it is a problem. There is a strong push for product delivery and not tech.

Good company to work for

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England

Pros: Good work/life balance Pretty open to try new tech stack

Cons: Tech debt is not addressed until it is a problem. There is a strong push for product delivery and not tech.

Not a good place for .NET developers

Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England

January 22, 2019

Pros: The office is in a good location. The CEO is a nice guy that is doing a good job in transforming the company into a bank.

Cons: The .NET stack has been neglected in favour of Java/Kotlin rewrites of most services. As a result, several .NET devs have left over the last 12 months. This leaves Zopa in a vulnerable position because the core of the P2P business still runs on .NET. I suspect that the remaining few .NET devs will also check out over the coming months, as better opportunities are available in London. P2P investors/lenders have seen little improvement to the slow user experience and confusing dashboard. This is due to an ongoing controversial rewrite of the investor platform which shows no sign of being complete any time soon. The marketing material is often cringe-inducing!

Not a good place for .NET developers

Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England

January 22, 2019

Pros: The office is in a good location. The CEO is a nice guy that is doing a good job in transforming the company into a bank.

Cons: The .NET stack has been neglected in favour of Java/Kotlin rewrites of most services. As a result, several .NET devs have left over the last 12 months. This leaves Zopa in a vulnerable position because the core of the P2P business still runs on .NET. I suspect that the remaining few .NET devs will also check out over the coming months, as better opportunities are available in London. P2P investors/lenders have seen little improvement to the slow user experience and confusing dashboard. This is due to an ongoing controversial rewrite of the investor platform which shows no sign of being complete any time soon. The marketing material is often cringe-inducing!

A great company to work for.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England

November 11, 2022

Pros: It is a friendly environment. There is a great culture. There is plenty of working abroad time. It has a good social life.

Cons: The bonus is not great.

A great company to work for.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England

November 11, 2022

Pros: It is a friendly environment. There is a great culture. There is plenty of working abroad time. It has a good social life.

Cons: The bonus is not great.

Good company to work for

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England

Pros: Good work/life balance Pretty open to try new tech stack

Cons: Tech debt is not addressed until it is a problem. There is a strong push for product delivery and not tech.

4.0
Good company to work for
Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, England
June 15, 2021
Pros: Good work/life balance Pretty open to try new tech stack
Cons: Tech debt is not addressed until it is a problem. There is a strong push for product delivery and not tech.

Not a good place for .NET developers

Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England

January 22, 2019

Pros: The office is in a good location. The CEO is a nice guy that is doing a good job in transforming the company into a bank.

Cons: The .NET stack has been neglected in favour of Java/Kotlin rewrites of most services. As a result, several .NET devs have left over the last 12 months. This leaves Zopa in a vulnerable position because the core of the P2P business still runs on .NET. I suspect that the remaining few .NET devs will also check out over the coming months, as better opportunities are available in London. P2P investors/lenders have seen little improvement to the slow user experience and confusing dashboard. This is due to an ongoing controversial rewrite of the investor platform which shows no sign of being complete any time soon. The marketing material is often cringe-inducing!

1.0
Not a good place for .NET developers
Software Engineer • Former Employee
London, England
January 22, 2019
Pros: The office is in a good location. The CEO is a nice guy that is doing a good job in transforming the company into a bank.
Cons: The .NET stack has been neglected in favour of Java/Kotlin rewrites of most services. As a result, several .NET devs have left over the last 12 months. This leaves Zopa in a vulnerable position because the core of the P2P business still runs on .NET. I suspect that the remaining few .NET devs will also check out over the coming months, as better opportunities are available in London. P2P investors/lenders have seen little improvement to the slow user experience and confusing dashboard. This is due to an ongoing controversial rewrite of the investor platform which shows no sign of being complete any time soon. The marketing material is often cringe-inducing!

A great company to work for.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England

November 11, 2022

Pros: It is a friendly environment. There is a great culture. There is plenty of working abroad time. It has a good social life.

Cons: The bonus is not great.

5.0
A great company to work for.
Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, England
November 11, 2022
Pros: It is a friendly environment. There is a great culture. There is plenty of working abroad time. It has a good social life.
Cons: The bonus is not great.

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