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Software Engineer Interview Experience

Edinburgh Instruments·Senior / L5
Result
Rejected
Interview date
2 years ago
Timespan
6 weeks
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview process

overall it's positive, well behaved recruiters, no ghosting hell, nice tech team. heavy NDA to be aware of.

  • Recruiter screen
  • Online assessment
  • Technical interview
  • Final round
  • Take-home project

Interview rounds

5 questions across 5 rounds

Recruiter screen

1 question

Online assessment

1 question

Specific questions asked

connect to vm, fix and refactor sample project

Technical interview

1 question

Specific questions asked

tech assessment discussion and brief tech fundamentals

Final round

1 question

Specific questions asked

mostly CV roast - they went after my history of projects and discussed most interesting ones of them

Take-home project

1 question

Specific questions asked

implement library class and interfaces

Interview tips

focus on real life understanding and know your projects. behaviour questions are typical, no star focus.

Company culture

overall it's good, a lot of experienced people, humanistic approach.

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