I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Sainsbury’s (London, England) in Jun 2023
Interview
Shortly after the initial call an online technical assessment was sent to me. It included 2 tasks, spring boot service with REST API and a problem-solving task. I implemented both of them successfully, but later received an email that I wasn't successful with no explanation why. I chased the recruiter but they didn't give me a genuine reason.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Spring Boot service with REST API and a problem-solving task.
I was given an online assessment, it was a spring boot app, they give you libraries maven file, I had to create a service and controller that can call another ap, fetch data and filter it, I didnt write test cases and was rejected soon after
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Sainsbury’s in Jun 2025
Interview
After submitting my application, I was asked to complete an online programming assessment on Hackajob. I had 2.5 hours to complete two complex coding exercises. I ran out of time on the second question and was automatically rejected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Generate a string of all numbers of a given length where the digits in each number are in ascending order
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Sainsbury’s
Interview
It was a 2 hour interview, first half was a technical live coding session and the other half was around sharing experience and some behavioural questions. I did the interview and got an offer next day. The whole process was smooth and very transparent.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Got asked to solve a DSA question related to string traversal during the interview. Then there were some behavioural questions
