UX Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Backbase with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Backbase in May 2020
Interview
1 - Call with tech recruiter
2 - Call with manager to align expectations and role fit within the team
3 - Call with tech recruiter to touch base and assignment handover
4 - Assignment Presentation with members from within the team and different roles
5 - Offer
In general I found the tech recruiter extremely helpful, I felt well-guided throughout the entire process and found each step to be necessary and relevant. The assignment was also relevant to demonstrate my skills and I enjoyed meeting a few backbase employees during the presentation to get a feeling of the culture.
The whole process was remote (due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Backbase
Interview
Three interview rounds.
First remotely with a tech recruiter, this was some what a relaxed 'conversation'.
Second was onsite, with a lead and jr designer, this was my opportunity to present my cases and answer any questions.
Third was also onsite with the director and another lead designer, this was a lovely get-to-know-each other conversation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a bit about yourself.
What do you know about Backbase?
What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses?
If there was anything in this project you would do differently, what would that be?
Applied and they contacted me not very long after. Scheduled my interview and they told me it would take 2-3 weeks before i could take with HR. That already was a little suspicious / weird to me. But that's fine, maybe HR is going on vacation. Then a couple of days before the interview, they messaged me to cancel to say that they hired someone already. Why even waste someone's time prepping for an interview if you already had someone in the pipeline? The world will never know.