Checkout.com Senior Software Engineer interview questions

I had four rounds and it took more than a month: 1. Recruiter Screen 2. Hiring Manager round 3. Take Home Test 4. System Design round : The Take Home test was very time consuming and an entire project is supposed to be created. I tried to add additional pieces to stand out but all of it was of no use since it was not even considered. I would suggest to make it as basic as possible as this is not really an evaluating criteria. The final decision is only made from the last round. It also appears that they are not really looking for hiring and the postings are not real. As per their job criteria, I fulfill each requirement at the desired level and aced every round but the feedback at the end mentioned that I am not versed in DevOps(this is not a requirement, you should know basics of CI/CD only). I was confident that their requirements match my expertise and skills and I will get a positive feedback. The last round involved two interviewers who made it very difficult to think clearly as both asked different questions. I specifically asked feedback for take home test which I spent a lot of effort in and the interviewer started nitpicking(he basically could not come up with much and started talking that adding comments in code were not necessary) This last interview was very stressful and uncomfortable and one of the interviewers was extremely arrogant and it was a dead give-away within the first 5 minutes. It appeared that they are there to reject, not hire. I am marking the interview difficulty as the highest since interviewer themselves have no idea what they are looking for even if candidates match the job requirements. I interviewed for the Integrated Platforms team, perhaps other teams have better interviewers based on the other reviews(trying to be optimistic here). The feedback also gets a bit personal where they tell you that you are not eligible to be at your current level and don't know your own projects. Just because the interviewers don't know what you worked on, nobody has the right to tell you that you are bad at your job and one should never even consider working in such an environment. Nobody can judge your capabilities within an hour, especially when they make no effort in evaluating your strengths. Don't let their feedback get to you as I do feel they are not really looking to hire at the moment and merely shopping.

An initial chat with the recruiter, followed by a take-home assignment. That took about 3 days to complete. I got word that they'd like to proceed to the next stage which was a 4-hour panel. The interview covered my solution to the take-home, some design questions, culture fit/management.