Great people, good questions asked, they were very friendly at all times. The lows were that I had to do a 3hour long exam on my own which was essentially useless and too easy.
The process was divided into 4 interviews in this order: 1. Phone Screen (30 min): They talk to you about the company and ask you some basic questions about yourself. 2. Tech Screen (1 hr): You will be asked a coding problem similar to the style of Leetcode and you'll complete the problem. They'll modify the problem as they see fit and ensure you have basic coding knowledge. 3. Design Interview (1 hr): You'll be asked to design some software. The big point here is to talk about the different options and work together with the interviewer as if they're your buddy. It's not too hard but you do need to keep on task and have knowledge in design. 4. Behavioural Interview (1 hr): This interview is about your behavior. They'll ask you questions and you should respond using the STAR method. I didn't find this part difficult at all.
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Tech Screen: Binary Search -> Almost Sorted Array -> Same with duplicates + some basic questions about complexity, etc.
Design Interview: Design Feedly (an RSS aggregator). This one was probably the hardest due to the time constraint but as long as you stay on task and work with the interviewer you should pass
I interviewed for the Software Engineer position at "Mabaya - Criteo" after successfully completing a home assignment. The assignment involved implementing a REST API using Spring Boot, allowing me to work with any database of my choice while managing products and campaigns. During the interview process, I was asked a series of fundamental Java questions, which covered topics such as StringBuilder versus constructors, design patterns, and the implementation of the Singleton pattern. Additionally, there was a continuous discussion related to the home assignment.
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- Home assignment : implementing a REST API using Spring Boot : return a single promoted product, the one with the highest bid