Checkout.com Senior Software Engineer I interview questions

I recently applied for the SSE role. The Interview process was not smooth and it was quite tiring. 1. First interview was a screening round with HR, it went well and in a week got a confirmation for the next round. 2. In this round, I had a discussion with Engineering Manager, which was quite good. I was asked about my recent projects, my core competencies and working style. In 2 days I got confirmation for the 2nd stage. 3. The home take assignment. This is the WORST part of the process. The assignment is toooo lengthy. They will assess you on the basis of Unit test cases, the core logic, OOP principles, understanding, assumptions and Documentation. For me it took 24 hours to complete the assignment.. Then I got a confirmation for the final round. 4. Final round was a technical round, but the interview panel was more interested in knowing what they know better, instead of assessing you based on your skillset and way of working. They asked me to fix refactor the code verbally to make it more unit testable. Final outcome was WEIRD and UNEXPECTED! It was just based on the final interview. 1st and 2nd round was just a waste of time. I would say if you are appearing for this interview. Please dont just rely this only. Keep applying for more opportunities in parallel. Good luck!

The process took four long stages: 1. Spoken to HR. General "get to know you" phase and seeing if you are a good fit which is standard process as well an opportunity to ask questions for yourself. 2. Short technical questions. Based on point 3 this is arguably needed IMO. As well an opportunity to ask question from technical person. 3. Once again a technical interview for around 1.5h. 4. Take home assignment. The assignment is quite big and for people who have to do their usual job this takes a lot of energy away as you must essentially dedicate time after work to do so, which means you don't have much energy for correct decision here. 5. 2h long architecture discussion. Which does make sense for a senior position. You could just have more in depth stage 2-3 and then skip to stage 5. Stage 4 is long and tiresome. Does not add any filtering, you could ask it out on stage 2-3 combined. In combination this took around a month from application to getting an offer. The process is not smooth and seems a bit odd in places, repetitive and long. Most likely you will get a generous offer if you are good, but expect it to take a while, would recommend having a parallel interview process running on the side. The people you interview with are really positive and nice - from this point I got a good sense of the culture in place.