Online technical code screening using custom assignment in coderpad.io. After the screening, the whole day of online interviews: 2 programming assignments, technical deep dive, software design and hiring manager interview.
Code screening and programming assignments included OOP design and implementation together with testing. I did not prepare for any of them beforehand, but a second programming interview went better after some practice during the first one. Interviewers were nice and helpful during all coding interviews.
Technical deep dive is about one of the past projects with the focus on why and how particular decisions were made and what business impact it was. I had slides and a story prepared, so it went well.
Software design is about solving a problem in some small business domain with exploration of business requirements, definition of user experience (from the view of business processes), design of data model, APIs and diving deeper to solving a particular algorithmic problem, for which I sketched a high-level solution, but was asked to write it in a pseudo-code.
Then there was a hiring manager meeting, where a freshly joined engineering manager. I spoke about my career path and the challenges along the way and how I was approaching them. I was mostly leading that part with some interruptions by the engineering manager. It became clear that the new engineering team is being established with defined roles and little opportunities for further career growth. So it was not the perfect match for both parties, but instead of acknowledging that I later got a feedback from a manager who almost did not ask questions, I did not demonstrate enough impact and execution of technical projects throughout my career.
