Kainos Senior Software Engineer interview questions

1. Phone screen. Asking basics about background. 2. Video interview with 1 hiring manager. Semi technical questions. 3. Video interview with a hiring manager and a technical architect. Presentation of a system you've designed and lead essentially. Feedback was given for second interview, but no specific feedback was given for third interview. The process itself though was relatively fast as would hear back either the next day or the day after after each interview.

30min Screening interview followed by 90min whiteboarding interview along with a few more technical questions. Unforunately I was declined from the position. Despite having demonstrated all the required criteria, and much of the desirable criteria, I was rejected based on a lack of cloud experience. This was despite myself and the recruiter being clear and open from the start that I had no experience and was looking for a job to gain experience and contribute, and Kainos having assured us both throughout the interview process that this wouldn't be an issue. When it came to feedback from the final interview, the lack of cloud experience was the only negative item that was given, and was the sole reason provided for rejection. If the cloud experience was a make or break factor, it should have been listed as essential criteria, not at the bottom of desirable criteria, and myself and my recruiter shouldn't have been lead on through the entire process.