Peter-vard business interview — Findex — data engineer
The recruitment was done via an agency.
The first round was a python list node reverse question.
I asked if the list node was defined or not
The interviewer routinely spell out the magic sentence:
since this is an interview for a senior position, you are expected to be able to do this blah blah blah. I indeed quickly defined a list node class
class listnode:
def __init__(self, value = 0, next = None):
self.next = next
self.value = value
and the end I was able to do the coding question
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And they immediate feedback is that I am not qualified for the senior position.
A completed coding test with such a spell of unhelpful words means that they have a routine to provide no assistance to you to bar you to pull your leg making you lose confidence. They are seriously facing budget difficulty. They want the best candidate but beat them down to meet their low budget requirements. This is already dishonest and cuning tricks that made me feel uncomfortable.
They explained they mostly work remotely and work for many projects.
This was verified that they later on they have a job post for a junior position with much lower expected range of salaries. I can sense that the company may have some bureaucracy procedure that requires them to try to hire a senior position before trying to hire a junior position.
The final interview was the partner, he expected me to explain idea in one shot in an open loop control manner. Assuming I know what the audience may know and explain what I did. He then try to convince me that my explanation was not clear. But indeed he explain clearly with some simplification.
To summarise,
I know I am capable and
in need for employer with more honesty.
