Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. La procedura ha richiesto 2 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Kake nel mese di mag 2025
Colloquio
The process consisted of four well-structured stages:
Phone screening with the recruiter – about 40 minutes.
Technical interview (live coding) with a Software Engineer from the company – about 1 hour.
Technical interview (system design) with a Software Engineer from the project team – about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Behavioral and culture fit interview with the Engineering Manager from the project – about 30 minutes.
Each stage was clearly defined, and throughout the process I received strong support from Kake, who guided me closely and provided all the necessary assistance to ensure I was well-prepared.
Domande di colloquio [2]
Domanda 1
I got two DSA problems (LeetCode-style, medium). I clarified constraints, proposed an approach (e.g., sliding window / hash map / two pointers), coded in Go, analyzed time/space complexity, and covered edge cases with quick tests.
System design exercise entirely verbal (no drawing). I walked through requirements, APIs, data model, high-level architecture, scaling, reliability, trade-offs (consistency vs availability, SQL vs NoSQL, caching, queues), and failure modes.
I went through several interviews with Kake before ultimately accepting an offer with one of their partners. The process took some time - which is often the case when working with external clients who may have unpredictable timelines or expectations - but throughout it all, Kake stayed in touch and maintained a genuine, human connection.
It always felt like it was just a matter of time before the right opportunity came along. Kake consistently kept me in mind whenever new roles opened up, and the internal interview steps were genuinely enjoyable - it felt more like chatting with a fellow engineer than a formal process.
Some partners might not be fully prepared to evaluate candidates properly, which can be frustrating, but I'd be surprised if that applied to more than just a few. It's definitely not representative of the majority of roles.
