Had initial call to talk about interest for the role and experience followed by onsite frontend and backend interviews on seperate days with system design in each session asking about scaling endpoints, file ingestion, AI/ML.
Four rounds, quite long, but I was used to it back when the Prague IT Hub was opening. First with HR, one with a manager, another just to get an overview of the process—a second opinion. The final one was a call with the boss in the US.
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at MSD (Singapore) in Aug 2024
Interview
2 rounds of interview. First round was a technical interview with 2 senior software engineers and the product manager. Mostly on technicl discussions and some situational questions. 2nd round with the hiring manager and another senior team member. Mostly situational and behavioral questions and some technical questions.