The recruiting team was great, they talked me through what the company is up to and what their process looks like. I got introduced to the Hiring Manager who gave me a solid overview of the role. The actual interviews were very down-to-earth. I did some programming with a tech lead on a tricky but understandable problem. From there I talked to the team about my past projects and how I've built large systems in the past.
I ended up taking another offer but Sendoso was in my top three.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you build and scale a high-availability web service?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Sendoso (Dublin, Dublin) in Nov 2021
Interview
I interviewed for the Sr. Software Engineering position at Dublin (Ireland) office. The interview process took about three weeks and was pretty standard: the call with a recruiter, programming and design interviews and a few behavioural interviews with the director of engineering and CTO. Everyone was friendly and provided very detailed answers to all of my questions about short and long term company goals. People seem very inspired by the product and technology. Also, the interview feedback was instantaneous and thorough, and I was receiving responses within a couple of days from the interview.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Sendoso (Dublin, Dublin) in Oct 2021
Interview
Screening call with recruiter, technical interview with two engineers on Coderpad, design interview with another engineer, two interviews around my experience/culture fit/etc with senior managers.
The process took around two months and sometimes took a while to get feedback or an indication of what the next steps would be. But once they did get in touch the recruiter was always very communicative and helpful. Everyone was friendly and seemed genuinely interested and willing to talk about the role and the company in general.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how you would build a messaging app like WhatsApp.