A short call with an upper management representative. The interview started in a very relaxed and positive tone, we discussed my experience and what value I can bring to the company, and the representative gave a brief explanation about the stack. Everything was going smooth until I asked about the glassdoor negative reviews about the current company direction and upper management. He was not pleased with the fact that I brought that up, and tried to disregard all the accusations using the argument: Do you know that Casumo is a top IGaming company? By that time it was clear that we will not get along pretty well. I don't know or really care about the situation in Casumo, but if someone asks you why your employees are leaving you and to get frustrated with the question, then... what else can I say?

I was contacted by an external recruiter for this position. After a brief talk with the recruiter I had an interview with a Casumo HR representative. Mainly about my motivations, what to be expected and also some soft skills. After that I was sent a code assignment which consisted in developing a video rental service using Java and REST interfaces. You are suposed to spend 4 hours doing this assignment, and had one week to deliver it back. I completed the project within the week and sent it back. After that, the company went radio silence for a whole month despite my enquiries for feedback. Finally I received a short note telling me I was rejected for failing the code assesment. The reasons for failing code assesment were, among others, not having full test coverage, not handling every corner case or not using a real database. Mind that you are suposed to spend 4 hours developing a full REST rental service, including model design, yet they seem to expect a work worth 2 or 3 days. Overall, communication was bad as they let me in the shadows for a whole month. As for the assignment, expectations seemed delusional to me, to the point it looks like cheating is the only way to pass.