I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Zeals (Tokyo) in Jun 2025
Interview
There are 4 rounds of interviews: HR screening, First User (Live Coding), Second User (System Design/Architecture), Manager (Culture Fit).
All interview was smooth, but only after last round they told that the position has been filled for my level (they open the job ad as "All Level" and then may offer candidate based on the final whether they should hired in what level).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your past work and how you implement it?
Couple of rounds of the interview, the first with HR, the rest with the engineers and managers. The whole process took approximately 2 months to complete from start to finish.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General CS questions: data structures and their big O, differences between different sorts of data bases.
Initial recruiter phone screen, software manager screen, two technical rounds, additional software manager screen. Nothing out of the ordinary, the technical screen was straightforward. Technical rounds mostly rapid fire. Didn't have any problems with the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Golang trivia and other basic programming questions.
