I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Zendesk (London, England) in Oct 2020
Interview
I applied for a different team initially, but was turned down after the final stage, however, they felt that I would be a better fit for another team which I was put in touch with.
- 1st: Call with recruiter
- 2nd: Call with hiring manager. I expected this to just be a chat but turned into a coding problem which I was able to solve.
- 3rd: Call with an engineer, online coding problem.
- 4th: Virtual on-site interview consisting of a problem solving stage, two back to back system design interviews, and a final cultural fit interview.
Interviewers where all very nice and helpful if you got stuck anywhere along the way. They're more focused on how you solve the problems given then actually getting to a solution, at least in my case.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Know your Leetcode easy questions for the initial stages. Queues, basic system architecture and how a system should scale with additional load.
1st round HR round then a screen round with Engineering manager, and then a live coding test with 2 engineers.
I got rejected after the coding test so don't know the process beyond it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic react query about build process and optimizations
I applied online. I interviewed at Zendesk (Singapore) in Sept 2025
Interview
There were 5 rounds
- Screening round with HR
- Manager round
- Technical Coding round
- System design round
- Product manager
The turnaround time was quick. The entire interview process took around 2 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General cultural fit questions during manager interview round
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Zendesk (Melbourne) in Sept 2025
Interview
The first round is a behavioral interview with the manager.
The second round is a system design interview with the technical lead.
The third round is a coding interview with a staff engineer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Behavioral interview: Common behavioral questions.
2. System design: Design Jira.
3. Coding: Implementation of several React components.
