Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. La procedura ha richiesto una settimana. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso eBay (San Jose, CA) nel mese di feb 2009
Colloquio
I was not looking. The company recruiter found my profile from Linkedin and arranged a phone interview for me. However, the interviewer totally forgot about it and did not call me. The recruiter scheduled another time and I did not get call again -- this time, because the interviewer need take care of some urgent issue. The recruiter again made appointment and I eventually talked to the interviewer. However, it took only about 10 minutes, far less than the 30 minutes as originally scheduled. The questions he asked were quite simple tough. I never heard back from the recruiter. The interviewer was not professional and serious.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 5 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso eBay (Londra, Inghilterra) nel mese di nov 2025
Colloquio
Very pleasant interview experience, technical interviews are thorough and one of them quite novel in terms of providing a hypothetical production scenario for you to solve on the spot. Engineering manager, recruiter are quick to respond.
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Implementing business logic module for weight and price calculation
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso eBay (Londra, Inghilterra)
Colloquio
The recruiter contacted me about the job. After a brief discussion, we decided it made sense to proceed. The process continued with the engineering manager. The interview was an hour long. There were no questions about the projects, technical execution or what you had built in other companies. The engineering manager lacked energy and had difficulty explaining the expectancy or depth of the job. I couldn't see enough technical skills. Instead, there was too focus on a particular methodology or technology. Ultimately, the decision rests with the engineering manager's subjective judgment. It is really bizarre and inadequate. I haven't seen this before. On a positive note, the recruiter was approachable.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Very few questions about the practices which are followed where you are working.
Had an initial phone screen followed by virtual onsite. I thought I did fairly ok in the onsite but one of the interviewers seemed super smug and discouraging and straight up told me that I don't have the experience required for the role. This was a coding interview and they were almost disappointed to see that I was able to solve the question. I mean why even interview someone and waste their time if you don't think they have the required experience. I never heard back from the recruiter ever in spite of sending them a reminder email. Bitter experience overall.
