I interviewed at BeamTrail (Maassluis) in May 2025
Interview
Extremely Unprofessional and Possibly Disorganized
I've had multiple encounters with this so-called startup based in Abu Dhabi, and each interaction has been frustratingly unprofessional. After they initially reached out, I shared my CV as requested. Despite this, I never received any response, no follow-up, no rejection, no feedback whatsoever.
What makes this worse is that the company continues to contact me repeatedly through various channels, including LinkedIn, email, and even WhatsApp. Each time, it's a different "recruiter" reaching out as if it's the first interaction. And every time I respond and express interest, I get completely ghosted. No updates, no acknowledgment, just silence.
This kind of behavior is not only unprofessional but also raises red flags. A legitimate company should at the very least acknowledge applicants and provide some form of communication, even if it's a simple generic rejection.
Based on my experience, this company appears either highly disorganized or is running a questionable recruitment process. I would advise job seekers to be cautious when dealing with them.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BeamTrail in May 2023
Interview
1. Phone screen 2. Background check, hiring manager interview 3. Take a home exercise - easy school project type of exercise with RESTful endpoints and a few logic 4. Mob programming for take a home exercise
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Hiring manager asked a few questions related to the background and skills, unit test, and the project the company is handling. As he has a strong Scandinavian accent, pay attention and ask twice. It is hard to understand 2. Take a home exercise, the one students do for REST endpoint assignment in the college with a non-working external API call. I think the they haven't changed the exercise for 5 years, because the API and assignment were too old. 3. Mob programming with the tech lead and hiring manager. The tech lead seems to enjoy your failure to answer a few questions so that he can feel superior. Asked me to share my screen and implement a circuit breaker with the TDD approach and test it. I think it should be someone who just graduated, not for someone who was applying for a senior position. Anyone with a sensible knowledge of a circuit breaker can do the unit testing. As my test cases failed, they seemed to enjoy it. Worst interview I have ever had and very unprofessional