Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Volvo Group (Kraków) nel mese di gen 2024
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I applied via linkedin and then a recruiter reached me in a couple of weeks.
Idk why but I got this "why are you even here?" vibe through the whole conversation, like they didn't really want me to apply and were forced to attend the interview?
The talk was extremely vague - recruiter won't tell you nothing specific about the role, the team or even the benefits they offer. The only thing I learned was that team is really modern in term of technologies and... Well, that's basically it :)
The next interview stage is a home assignment. I usually don't do them as it mostly ends with companies ghosting you or getting no feedback, but this time I decided to try just out of curiosity . (btw you have to send the code in a zip archive - remember about the "most modern team" ? )
The home assignment itself is extremely easy and morally outdated - a typical CRUD app with a bunch of bugs that you gotta fix and write the tests.
Guess how it ended huh? Exactly, they ghosted me and ignored my follow-up emails. After several weeks I received an AI-generated refusal email without any feedback or context.
Well, that's the life, but hear me out, fellow devs - never ever accept home assignments!
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
standard hr questions, what's your motivation and stuff
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Volvo Group (Gothenburg)
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It was a very practical interview, focused on designing and critical evaluation of a task at hand rather than theoretical questions around algorithms and data structures. Also they looked into testing knowledge if you are testing what you implement as a practice
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Volvo Group (Gothenburg)
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The process was an exception of what usually happens. The first interview was done with the Manager and 30 minutes after we started, he asked how much he would have to offer for me to go work for Volvo.
Instead of the tedious usual process that can take up to a month or more, the hiring was done in a matter of days.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
A lot of questions regarding previous experience and if I would be confident with the tech stack that was needed for the project
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Volvo Group (Bangalore Rural)
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Went smooth and well.. It's a virtual interview, one round of technical, manager and hr. Interviewer is polite and manger round also smooth. Had a long discussion with HR before accepting offer.
