I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zendesk (Melbourne) in Jun 2020
Interview
First interaction with Zendesk I was lowballed by the recruiter - they tried to offer me 20k less p/a than what I was earning at my then job - I politely declined. Second interaction I was grilled by the interviewer about contracts I had taken and why I had moved about, then when I asked what the turnover for the team they wanted me for was I was told "That's confidential information" - I declined again Third interaction - the PM gave me a look at the start of the interview that strongly felt like "We don't hire people your age" I was then given a tech test that had nothing to do with the role (they were hiring for a microservice/http developer, the task was for a CLI app (Melbourne is unimaginative, they all use the 'test' someone from the REA group thought was brilliant a decade ago) There was one interesting piece in the test, dealing with some badly formed JSON efficiently.
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.