I applied online. I interviewed at Government Digital Service (London, England) in Mar 2026
Interview
2nd Stage - Technical Interview on Google Meets. There were two people on the panel. I joined the call early. the interviewers were very friendly. I was asked to introduce myself - after the others provided brief introductions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to implement a class that would correctly calculate prices for a small business selling only 3 items. One item was on a buy one get one free offer, the other was on a discount where the buyer gets a fixed discount after buying 5 or more items. The third item was on a fixed price.
There were sample codes in Ruby and Java.
There was also a table of test data - with the expected results
I interviewed at Government Digital Service (London, England)
Interview
Prescreening stage requires omitting all personal details in application otherwise they will not consider you. Took a very long time to eve get to the point of knowing whether or not I was a successful candidate with lots of emails apologising for the delay.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Government Digital Service in Jun 2025
Interview
1. Initial call with general and technical questions
2. Pair coding exercise - do a shopping card calculator
3. Behavioural + technical interview
Be ready to talk about your past experiences, study the GDS materials (behaviours, values).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical questions about the previous work and work in a team