I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at bet365 (London, England) in May 2020
Interview
Emailed by a company HR representative, 30 min phone interview where they talked about the company and asked me about my background. Following this I was recommended to a team manager in Core Systems who set up a Zoom interview (due to the lockdown), this lasted longer, about 2 hours. We talked about my experiences in a bit more depth, was asked a few more 'interview' type questions and a short whiteboarding exercise at the end where I converted a standard OO loop to a recursive function - nothing too difficult.
Was called by the HR representative with an offer around 15 minutes after this interview ended: throughout the process everyone I interacted with has been friendly and professional, I appreciate the fact that they don't waste your time with pointless Hackerrank and Leetcode challenges, and I'm really looking forward to working for the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Convert an OO function involving a for loop into a recursive function
Initial Call , I'm waiting for that now so I don't know how it will be, once I finish I will update this post, but I know that they are 4 stages including this one
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at bet365 (Stoke-on-Trent, England) in May 2022
Interview
A meeting over teams speaking to the tech recruiter after an initial meeting with a different recruiter. The interviewer was friendly and the questions were straightforward. The next step was possibly an interview at their HQ
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Importance of testing in the development cycle compared to analysis.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at bet365 (Manchester, England) in Jul 2021
Interview
Had a phone interview with a "Software Development Team Leader". Felt more like an informal conversation. Discussed the role and what I'd be doing and who I'd be working with. He asked about a few points on my CV, what my strongest programming language was, what I'd do if I can't solve a problem via Stackoverflow.
Had a follow up call from the recruiter/HR person 72 hours later in anticipation of being invited to the next stage in person but was rejected because I was "lacking technically". Very anticlimactic, vague feedback. Better than the usual ghosting I suppose. The extremely long term unemployed painful grad search continues.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your strongest programming language?
How do you solve problems when you're completely stuck and Stackoverflow can't help?
For one of your projects, what have you done to ensure backend API calls are completed in a time efficient manner?