I applied online. I interviewed at Adyen (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2020
Interview
This was the first interview round which was about 35min. It started with giving brief introduction about my current role. Then was asked few questions on my previous projects and followup questions on the technologies I use. Few design related questions. Why Adyen and why are you looking for a career change? Encryption vs Hashing. How to perform SQL tuning. Explain Microservices Architecture, advantages and challenges of using it. Interview ended with questions to the interviewer.
I was told by the recruiter that this would just be introductory call about myself, my technical experience and motivations. Not only the interview has passed the time limit but also it was quite opposite to what was told by the recruiter like it was a in depth technical discussion irrespective of my knowledge in that domain.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Encryption vs Hashing?
SQL Tuning
Micro services architecture
Why Adyen?
Why planning for career move?
I applied the position which aligns with my experience via Adyen's application platform with referral program. My referrer answered their questions carefully, however then I got rejection via email without feedback. I was expecting from them to be clear what's the reason.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Based on the job description, which required skills does this person have?
Pretty standard in tech company in NL. This what was the recruiter told me:
- Apply through job portal
- Recruiter call
- Tech interviews
- Offer
I failed after some interviews and no feedback despite asking
Eliminated at Recruiter screening, apparently I did not answer what the recruiter wanted to hear exactly, they come with a script that they read and I suppose your answer is also written in the script, fail to say the keywords and they elimnate you.
Recruiter clearly was on a rush and did not even explain next steps properly.