Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Cogent (Australia) as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Developer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Software Developer and roles were rated as the easiest.
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I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cogent (Australia) (Melbourne) in Feb 2021
Interview
The founder approached me on Linkedin, then he arranged a phone call, then there was a Code Challenge, followed by a 1hr Whiteboarding activity when you pass the challenge, if you pass this will have a 1.5-hour Pairing activity, and then 1-hour Values Interview, followed by 1.5 hours Salary/Rate Assessment. My opinion: only go through this massive process if you have time to kill.. I did not get any offer regardless of the fact that all my interviewers were happy except the last person (founder) who approached me first (which more or less asked similar questions but changed his mind with no respect to all other interviewers).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
first phone call mostly a friendly chat with investigating your values and company's. The challenge is offline and you will get a coding challenge, whiteboarding is mostly about system design, and finally pairing activity is coding with a peer together which is not difficult (not quite technical but mostly how you can simplify coding and understand the requirements when working with a peer).
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cogent (Australia) (Melbourne)
Interview
- Phone call with recruiter and a very senior engineer
- Take home coding test
- Onsite : programming test 1 round - usually provided with code / existing program which you'd have to extend to add more features
- Onsite : Explain system design of one of the projects you have worked on
- Onsite : Culture fit / behavioural round
- Onsite : Salary assessment to see where you fit in their matrix and what level you'd be assigned based on past experience
Very responsive recruiter and quick in responding with offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard interview questions to test past experience
Really welcoming and friendly bunch of interview staff. I wasn't the right fit for this job but everything was very transparent and clear, and the whole process was so professional from start to finish