I applied online. I interviewed at Ocado Group in Sep 2020
Interview
Interviewer was enthusiastic and pleasant to interview with. I found the coding exercise easy, but got ahead of myself and overcomplicated my approach, ending up with a messy solution that could have been done in a simpler, faster way and with less need for the interviewer to jump in order to correct mistakes.
Although I was unsuccessful, I found the experience great and was even provided quite detailed feedback on the reasons I was rejected, upon request. This, made the rejection feel more like an learning experience than a point blank failure and motivated me to try again for Ocado in the future.
Hands down one of the best experiences I've had.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
We discussed Java related concepts, including the JVM, Garbage Collection and then proceeded into a shared screen coding exercise.
They ghosted me. Did not turn up for interview or inform any changes. I waited for 30 min on the call hoping to get some information from them. But no one mailed or called.
I applied online. I interviewed at Ocado Group in Apr 2023
Interview
The people were friendly, and the process was well communicated. The interviews covered an appropriate range of topics. The process however, was quite slow. They could look to improve this in future.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General technical interview; pair programming; system design.
Recruiter reached me out via email and asked to share my availability for the first round. She didn't join the meeting and i reached out to her via email but she didn't reply.
After couple of days, she sent me again new email and asked to share the availability. She didn't reply my previous emails. I shared my availability again and then she did same. She didn't join the meeting.
I never had such a bad experience. For a moment, i thought its some spam but then i checked her LinkedIn profile, she is working at ocado. I never had such a bad experience. It could be that person is not professional, but company might be good and you don't have same experience like me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
she didn't join the meeting, there is no questions to share