I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Brainlab (Feldkirchen, Bavaria) in Jun 2016
Interview
I was interviewed by an HR person, a manager and a project team lead. The meeting was almost 2 hours: a combination of HR questions, technical questions and background check.
By almost the end of the meeting they asked me how much I was earning in my ACADEMIC position, and how much I would like to earn. I asked for 25% more than what I was earning, because what I earn now is from an academic/research position. In an academic position I can at least be growing my CV and I have very flexible time schedule. They said it was a big salary jump. Out of the blue, the manager started saying I was currently being overpaid (which for the standards of Munich this is not true). At the moment I didn't know what to say and went on with the conversation, but I think this is the first time someone shows me no respect in such an environment.
I do hard work in my research group and it really seems that in my current position they need me not only for what I was hired for. I don't think that telling someone that they are being overpaid is any good for any of the parts and is basically spitting on the person's face. If they didn't want to pay that amount they could have just said how much was their budget. Asking someone else's their current or last salary is not necessary to hire someone.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Brainlab in Feb 2025
Interview
I had a phone call with the Talent Acquisition Manager, basic screening
Then I had an interview with the team lead, general knowledge questions, pretty basic.
Third interview was on-site, OOP questions, SQL, System Design
Was not contacted after third interview, was not called to update if I passed or failed, had to infer by myself.
The interview was three stages.
1) Online Test at HackerRank
2) HR interview
HR squandered my two summer values weeks.
In the second stage, after passing the online test, I spoke with HR.
In two weeks, HR said they would invite me to the final onsite interview. As a result, they warned me not to leave the city before the deadline. I received one automated rejection email two weeks later. I contacted Human Resources but received no response. This was the first time I'd ever witnessed a disrespectful HR. Some of my friends work for the company, so I'm familiar with it. Even my friend was taken aback by HR's actions. I hope HR reads this and realizes how embarrassed he is!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please implement the Flyweight as a template class for the underlying heavyweight type
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Brainlab in Jan 2022
Interview
Ein erstes ungebundenes Gespräch mit dem Head of Software Engineering (der direkte Vorgesetzte der ausgeschriebenen Stelle) wo man sich kennengelernt hat.
Nicht während des Gesprächs, aber im gleichen Zeitraum wie dieser Termin, sollte eine online coding challenge mit angemessenen Schwierigkeitsgrad gelöst werden.
Danach kam ein weiteres Interview mit der verantwortlichen Person der Personalabteilung, dem Vorgesetzten des Teams ( wie zuvor ) und einem Senior Team Member der ausgeschriebenen Stelle. Zuerst kamen ein paar allgemeine Fragen um einen Eindruck meiner Arbeit und Persönlichkeit zu bekommen. Währenddessen konnte Ich auch Fragen Stellen was die Position, das Team etc. angeht.
Nach den allgemeinen Fragen hat sich die Personalperson verabschiedet und die beiden des Software-Teams haben mit sehr unterschiedlichen technischen Fragen begonnen. Der Schwierigkeitsgrad war sehr unterschiedlich aber bei Fragen die Ich nicht beantworten konnte waren die beiden sehr entgegenkommend.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Sie haben in der Vergangenheit, entweder im Studium oder der Arbeit, sicher bereits an Software-Projekten gearbeitet. Suchen Sie sich eines aus und erzählen sie uns einfach etwas darüber. Wie hat die Planung funktioniert? Was waren die größten Schwierigkeiten? etc.
