Deel Senior Backend Engineer interview questions

HR screening then takehome test: takehome requirements are sloppily written and tasks are easy to misunderstand; using inconsistent terminology and vague processes. whole thing feels super casual but then they want it done exactly as they thought when grading. basically you have to mind read. they ask you to do this in 3 hours which nobody will ever do because they also ask for extra stuff (unit testing, frontend implementation) which is "optional" but you have to do if you want to stand a chance.

Recruiter reached out for a screening call and provided home task to complete certain API endpoints and requirements are mentioned in README. Home task was review was opinionated. They ask not to write fancy code. They test against few points which are not mentioned in requirements. Since it's home task and you have to complete in 3 hours with unclear expectations, you will need luck to get a good reviewer. It was ambiguous expectations in home task. The only good thing, I got the rejection response with feedback.