There were four rounds: an initial HR screen, a take-home test with LeetCode-style questions, a technical interview with the Team Lead, and another technical interview with the Hiring Manager. After that, from what I understood, there would be a final in-person interview, but I did not reach that stage.
Overall, the questions asked were rather challenging. Solving medium-level algorithms under strict computation and memory constraints within a 30-minute window is quite demanding, especially for a graduate position in my opinion. The questions during the interviews were quite broad, spanning SQL, data-related problems, coding, and mathematical calculations. While this is to be expected, I found it difficult to prepare effectively, particularly since no guidance was provided beforehand.
Furthermore, I found it disappointing that no feedback was given after such an intense four-week process, apart from the standard 'we went with another candidate.' I believe that even one sentence of actionable feedback would have made a significant difference, but instead the experience felt somewhat discouraging.
I really like the company and what they do, but this process has somewhat put me off.
Ridiculously hard interview for a graduate lol
They said they wanted a graduate with some experience in SQL and Python. First finished a medium-level coding assignment with time and complexity constraints.
For the interview, interviewer joined 10 mins late (no apology or anything). Then she asked a bunch of super technical questions in object-oriented programming and C# (things that were NOT mentioned in the job description).
It felt like they wanted a senior data scientist for a graduate price.
The interviewer was also quite cold, and harsh often rushing me through things. I was given no idea on what this technical interview would be like, I had guessed it would be based on the coding assessment + some competency based questions but they completely took me by surprise.
They also had a SQL based problem but the interviewer kept rushing me with the answers. It was unnecessarily stressful and incredibly strange.
I interviewed at Shift Technology (London, England)
Interview
Inital interview, Online assessment, interview with specialist, interview with hiring manager. I only got pass the online assessment. My only complaint is that they booked me the interview with a specialist but was then rejected since they already found someone.