I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Payfare (Toronto, ON) in May 2023
Interview
First round is easy leetcode question. Second round is with CTO/Director. Director seems nice and ground to earth but CTO seems to have superiority ego, not a good vibe match. After interview, it is been 5 weeks now, nothing at all. Just sucks to be interviewed at company who ghosts the candidates.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Payfare (Toronto, ON) in Sept 2024
Interview
This was a good experience.
The first round was with HR where they had simple python and SQL problems.
The second round was with the Director of Engineering. Great down-to-earth guy who told me that he'll move me to the next round. His description of the next round wasn't entirely accurate since the Python coding questions wasn't trivial as he had said but that's okay.
The third round was with a panel of two Engineers. They presented 3 problems. A python coding challenge, a SQL problem, and a system design problem. I couldn't solve the minimum swaps parentheses problem without the interviewer helping me. The SQL problem was the same as some other interviewers have said. I did well in the system design problem but couldn't answer the interviewer's question regarding the circuit breaker pattern.
Overall, it was a decent experience.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Number of minimum swaps required to balance a string of parentheses
