I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at FARFETCH (Porto, Oporto) in Jul 2023
Interview
They have a very standard interview process: 1 screening interview, 2 technical interviews, and a final cultural interview. The screening interview was pretty bad, I felt like I was talking with a robot asking me questions and filling a form instead of an actual person interested in my answers and following them up. That was already a bad start, so I wasn't looking forward to more, but I passed to the next stage, so decided to continue to see if things would get better. And they actually did! Both technical interviews were actually pretty great and I loved talking with the team. Both were a comfortable conversation were I got to learn more about the company and the team as well as share my experience. After these, I got positive feedback and an invite to the final interview. A day before the final interview, I got a phone call telling me about layoffs in their company, and how they're not recruiting for this position anymore.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In your previous job, did you ever do something that negatively impacted a production service? How did you deal with this? What have you learned from it? What have you done to make sure this doesn't happen again?
3 process
- HR: Behavior, Motivation and salary range
- Technical Interview: Discussion of how to implement Feature A in a Design Interview mode
- Manager Interview: Behavior, telling a little bit of the scope of the project
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you will implement a stock update? Design the system using a whiteboard
Easy interview and accessible people. It may be important to review system design principles and best practices, SOLID etc. Pretty standard coding and architecture interviews
1 . HR
2. Coding interview
3 . Architecture design interview
4. behavioral
5. offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle certain scenarios when developing software
It was screening first. Recruitment team set up a Technical interview followed by pair programming exercise. It was related to API and algorithm. Background checks and financial checks were followed. Offer followed after that.
