Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Tandem Bank as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Intermediate Software Engineer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Intermediate Software Engineer and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Tandem Bank takes an average of 14 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Intermediate Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Intermediate Software Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
First round with the line manager and one colleague and then second round with head of team and the line manager. There were only two interview rounds. Both in teams rather than in person.
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explain about previous experiences
explain about what do you know about this specific department's main work.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tandem Bank (London, England) in Aug 2025
Interview
Firstly I had a screening call with a recruiter to see if i was a match. This was followed up by a technical, where I was given a problem to solve. After that it was an interview with the director of engineering, we talked about life outside work then we pair programmed and he gauged my ability to resolve a scenario he gave me.
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I was presented with a multi layered problem on finding the trains which had warped wheels in the fleet given certain paramaters.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tandem Bank (Blackpool, England) in Jun 2024
Interview
Waited a couple of weeks to hear back from the Talent Coordinator and had a phone interview and second stage interview was less than 10 minutes with the hiring manager
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Asked all the usual questions, were mainly interested in experience in a regulated setting