I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Adyen (Chicago, IL) in May 2025
Interview
Got a referral from someone internally, then spoke briefly with recruiter, then team lead, had a timed coding test, an hour review/revise session with some engineers on different teams, then a final behavioral interview with an SVP.
Between the submitting the coding test & reviewing it there was a company-wide offsite for 2 weeks that I was not informed of. By the time they had their employees review my result and decide on another round of the interview, it had been 3.5 weeks. No one acknowledged that I had been left waiting in the dark and no one apologized for it either.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time I disagreed with a manager, what I did, and what was the end result.
I applied the position which aligns with my experience via Adyen's application platform with referral program. My referrer answered their questions carefully, however then I got rejection via email without feedback. I was expecting from them to be clear what's the reason.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Based on the job description, which required skills does this person have?
Pretty standard in tech company in NL. This what was the recruiter told me:
- Apply through job portal
- Recruiter call
- Tech interviews
- Offer
I failed after some interviews and no feedback despite asking
Eliminated at Recruiter screening, apparently I did not answer what the recruiter wanted to hear exactly, they come with a script that they read and I suppose your answer is also written in the script, fail to say the keywords and they elimnate you.
Recruiter clearly was on a rush and did not even explain next steps properly.
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