I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Oura in Jan 2023
Interview
The interview process started for me with the Technical Lead of the team. This interview was a basic interview, some basic technical knowledge and background questions. The lead was great at guiding the interview and kept it relaxed and conversational. Then from there the next interview was the onsite which consisted of 3 interviews 1.behavioral and cultural, with some basic high level technical questions 2. Product manager interview, this was just figuring out how you work on a team, prioritize tasks, and understanding if you have a compatible development process to the company 3. Was a live coding task, there was a prompt and I worked through the MVP features from a small existing codebase and then there were stretch features as well. All the interviews were conversational style and made it very easy to see the great company culture and hear the current employees honest opinions. Recruiters were also great at facilitating and creating a smooth interview process. If there was one thing I would change about the interview process would be adding calendly links for scheduling.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us a bit about you? Tell us about a time you had a differing opinion to a co-worker how did you resolve it? Can you add these features to a existing code base?
Applied and was sent an online assessment. The OA was in typescript only and that was not said in the email before accepting so I was unprepared for the syntax. I believe they were very strict in grading on expertise (which is fair) in the language.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Oura (Helsinki, Southern Finland)
Interview
Oura's communication during the process was exemplary. One of the things I appreciated the most was they kept in touch throughout, letting me know what to expect next and when to expect it.
The process wasn't excessively long: Application, one interview with HR and a technical one. They were fast to answer all questions, and to let me know they wanted to make me an offer. The official offer letter itself took a little bit longer to arrive, but not terribly so.
Overall, I would rate the hiring process highly. It's well planned and executed, and treats applicants with care and humanity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to bring a project to the technical interview, which we discussed in depth; How it worked, why certain decisions were made, could they have been done differently, etc.
I interviewed at Oura (Helsinki, Southern Finland)
Interview
Initial interview with recruiter, system design interview, take home assignment and hiring manager interview. Throughout, communication was clear, expectations were set upfront, and everyone I spoke with was respectful, prepared, and highly professional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Introduce yourself
- Talking about the take home assignment.
