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      Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Interview

      May 19, 2022
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Kong in May 2022

      Interview

      Talked to a recruiter. Then I talked with a scrum master from one of their teams. I feel sorry for those scrum teams. I've never met someone who is so out of touch with technology that leads a team. And I've met a few. They told me they wanted someone with more experience with API testing. But I have over 5 years of experience, it doesn't take that long to understand API's. They told me that they rushed the product to the market and are now trying to fix their whole architecture. The devs do their own testing and there's one QA person across 4 teams. I'd be surprised if this place is still around in 4 years. At least they told me right there, which is nice.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Talked about their stack and experience.
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      Kong response
      3y
      Thank you for your candid review of our interview process and I'm sorry you felt so negatively towards our team and our opportunity. In defense of our "scrum master", you, in fact, were speaking with a long standing engineering manager who has been critical to the success of our innovation for the past 3 years. I followed up with her after reading your post and she admits to not using the correct phrasing. Instead of saying "experienced in our domain", she wishes she said, "interested in our domain". While I understand it's difficult to receive candid feedback, especially in an interview, you simply didn't show interest in the work you have already done in your career, nor the work that we are doing here at Kong. Not every company is the right fit for an engineer, nor is every engineer the right fit for every company. We wish you the best in your career journey and hope that you find an environment you can enjoy.

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