Interview process was professional and fairly streamlined overall. Initial recruiter conversation focused on background and client coverage experience, followed by a few rounds with team members and senior leadership. Discussions covered relationship management, strategic thinking, collaboration across teams, and how to approach complex client situations.
Interviewers were knowledgeable and conversational, though some rounds were more technical and detail-oriented than expected. Process moved at a reasonable pace with good communication throughout. Overall, a positive experience with a strong emphasis on culture fit, communication skills, and ability to operate in a fast-moving environment.
I applied online. I interviewed at Aberdeen in Jan 2026
Interview
Recruiter chat great, hiring manager chat great, but the technical interview round was really weird. The interviewers hyper focused on random aspects of my last role rather than gaging my full experience and skillset, it felt doing trivia/remember exact implementation of tiny feature from years ago. It just felt like they only want engineers with the exact tech stack experience as them/gatekeeping.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Aberdeen in July 2024
Interview
After a screening call, a tech interview with a consultant company and a tech interview with two archtictects at abrdn, I was told the feedback is positive but I have to wait for the manager who's returning from their holidays in a week.
A week passes, no feedback. One more week passes, I contact the recruiter and they apologize on behalf of the manager, telling me they'll be back with feedback as soon as possible.
That was almost two months ago, complete radio silence.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions about architecture, system design