Domande di colloquio presso Bending Spoons

L'intero processo di selezione, seppur lungo, è stato davvero molto stimolante e mi ha dato l'opportunità di testare le mie skills su differenti ambiti. Il processo varia in base alla posizione, ed in generale si compone di una serie di test (attitudinali e non) e di una serie di colloqui. Credo che la motivazione personale sia un'aspetto fondamentale da tenere in considerazione quando si decide per applicare per quest'azienda, in quanto il processo richiede tempo ed impegno da parte del candidato.

The application process is a bit long and not trivial, but it is worth your time if you like to challenge yourself. The process starts with a resume and cover letter screening. If you pass this stage, then you will have to attend some logical, technical and behavioural tests. These tests are not deeply technical since they are used to test your problem solving skills and not your knowledge in itself. Afterwards, you will have to do a few interviews (both behavioural and technical, it depends on each applicant). During each step of the process you can always reach out to a recruiter to have more detailed feedback about it or if you have any question.

Two batches of online tests that must be done alone on a website. They are of similar lengths and sum up to ~8 hours. It's long, but the exercises are interesting, even entertaining. Both easy and difficult ones, both coding exercises and multiple choice questions. Then two interviews, the first was short, with a member of the recruitment team who asked about me and my experience, the second was longer, with a developer who also gave me 2 problems to solve live. Having a prior experience in Android was not a requirement to do any of the problems, who rather focused on the general problem-solving ability. Both interviewers were very nice and made sure I felt comfortable. Lovely people! Then they asked me to provide names of 3 friends/colleagues so that they can ask them what they think of me, how they perceive working with me etc. From sending my application to getting an offer, the whole process took ~2 months.

Almost 40 hours total in ~2 months to understand that, in the end, our expectations were not aligned, both on role (I was not the right fit for what they were looking for, I acknowledge) and salary (lower than desired - they are top range for Italy maybe, but not EU). 40 hours in problem solving, home assessments and interviews. 40 hours wasted, that could have been saved with 30min sincere talking in the beginning (you don't get to talk to tech people until the very end and HR won't disclose salary range). Moreover: slow to reply between each phase (I wonder why, considering also that the first part is completely automated). Disrespectful. I think it's their strategy: if you manage to get an offer, at the end you are so exhausted that you'd be more willing to accept without negotiating.

Sono stato contattato dalla dott.ssa Galmanini il 22/07. processo: screening del CV e invio di un primo set di test da svolgere entro 10 giorni. Questo set è composto da 6 test (data interpretation, problem solving, verbal reasoning e domande stile colloquio motivazionale).

Screening del CV e cover letter -> Online assessments su hard skills di statistica e probabilità che non rilevano alcuna capacità del candidato di problem solving, logica e capacità critica di pensiero. Sono test incentrati su conoscenze utili fino ad un certo punto che non delineano correttamente le capacità del candidato e non permettono una sua analisi né da un punto di vista generalista né da un punto di vista tecnico sulle materie realmente toccate dalla posizione per la quale ci si è candidati.

Different tests to logical thinking, but need some basic math, it will take some time though, cause there are several tests. Was fun experience though. Additionally, there will be several interviews ahead

I haven't got to the interview part, but my experience with Bending Spoons was great. The HR team is very professional, I felt valued and respected throughout the interesting hiring process and I enjoyed it.

De sollicitatieprocedure bestaat uit verscheidene rondes met testen. De testen kosten aardig veel tijd. De feedback is transparant en persoonlijk. Het doel van de interviews is niet altijd helemaal duidelijk. Over het algemeen is de sollicitatieprocedure postief, echter duurden de testen simpelweg te lang.

I got a link to a page with 5 problems that needed to be solved in 10 days (the recruiter also offered an extension in case I needed it). If I remember correctly the maximum hours were 3.5.