Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite segnalazione di un dipendente. La procedura ha richiesto una settimana. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Elsevier nel mese di gen 2016
Colloquio
They were looking for someone who programs in Java and is familiar with distributed technologies such as Hadoop and MapReduce. Had a phone interview from one of the senior engineers of the team. Was asked some questions about unit testing and distributes systems. Since I haven't been in a real development environment I didn't answer those questions very well.
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What is the advantage of having a distributed database system?
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Elsevier nel mese di feb 2026
Colloquio
Began with a phonecall interview with a recruitment officer who was very nice! Mostly behavioral questions, asking about my personal academic and extracurricular activity as well as just general conversational topics. Second interview was with two interviewers over microsoft teams, pretty informal, some technical and some behavioral with a oral presentation at the end.
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Why are you applying to Elsevier/ What about the mission speaks to you?
There was a call with a recruiter where we discussed the company and my background and then a technical interview with a few engineers. They asked about my university experience and my expectations for the job.
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I think I had to find a palindromic year or something.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Elsevier (Amsterdam) nel mese di ago 2024
Colloquio
Value your time! The interview process is super long and unprofessional. They make you do 3 online tests, 2 non-technical and 1 technical, that take hours to complete. After all the effort, they completely ghost you and don't respond at all. It was such a bad experience, and I definitely wouldn't recommend this unprofessional company to anyone.
They record your audio and video during the interview with the recruiter, and they only tell you at the end. Overall, it was a really bad experience.
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HR basic questions, why this company? salary? 3 online tests