The introductory call covered a range of topics, including an in-depth discussion of past experiences and engineering approaches, followed by a brief but focused technical conversation and a hands-on system design challenge.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would be your considerations when designing a public API
I applied online. I interviewed at Stream (CO) (Amsterdam)
Interview
7 interviews. Good difficulty. Doable with proper experience and preparation. Recruiters are very helpful and reliable. Culture and management interviews as well. They moved fast, the interview process took two weeks.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Stream (CO)
Interview
The recruiter was excellent throughout the process and very supportive, and up until the culture fit step, the experience was smooth and professional. However, things shifted afterward. The culture fit interview, which was supposed to be a formality, felt forced and unnecessarily tense. Then a last-minute step with the CTO was added, which was postponed several times. When it finally took place, the conversation felt judgmental and dismissive, with assumptions about my background and unfair criticism of my motivation. Despite doing well in the technical and earlier rounds, the process ended with rejection, leaving the impression that internal bias and shifting expectations outweighed actual performance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
System design for an event driven system, database optimizations for performance