I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3+ months. I interviewed at cargo.one in Oct 2023
Interview
Introduction call (30 min) — brief intro, talking about my background and motivation.
Deep Tech Interview (90 min) — mostly technical questions.
Leitmotif Interview (60 min) — various behaviour questions.
Meet the Team ️☕️ (30-45 min) — a call with the team where I was able to ask any questions about how the team worked.
Feedback call (20 min) — detailed feedback for every step of the interview.
Offer & ref. check
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical interviews: questions on various topics like databases, security, backend architecture, etc.
Leitmotif Interview: various behaviour questions about how I acted or would act in certain situations.
I applied online. I interviewed at cargo.one (London, England) in Apr 2021
Interview
Had three rounds of interviews before I was rejected.
(1) Chat with Mieke (internal recruiter) - was really lovely, passionate and helpful and explained all the future rounds.
(2) Tech round - progressed through this
(3) In depth tech round with their co-founder, Mike. I couldn't make it past this round but the Mieke organised a call with me and gave me actionable feedback on why I was rejected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In depth tech round - What's tech debt and can you explain why teams could willingly create tech debt?
In depth tech round - refactoring a small Java class. How can you make the class more testable?