I applied through other source. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Gambit Research
Interview
Solved their small cypher quiz on their site without writing any code (it's optional), then got an initial call and a Codility test, with two lengthy algorithm questions and a 60min time limit.
I solved both and got about 85% in total, missing a few constraints and test cases, and I got a rejection basically saying 'we only accept perfect 100% scores to proceed'.
First of all, algorithm testing is already quite problematic for software engineers themselves, but using them for infra/devops people is plain stupid and irresponsible. Totally negative experience, Avoid coding elitism.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A small binary tree traversal and an '8bit word machine' that processes e.g.'5 8 - POP'
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