I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Careem (New Delhi) in Oct 2019
Interview
[VERY UNPROFESSIONAL]
I was contacted by a recruiter from Careem on Linkedin, I decided to go ahead with the position.
Round 1 [Phone call]: A basic introduction followed up by basic skill test in iOS/Swift.
Round 2 [Video Call]: A call was scheduled but the person who was supposed to take the interview didn't show up. Highly unprofessional!
I kept following up with the recruiter but he never replied. After 2 weeks they emailed that they have decided to move ahead with another candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Introduction, previous work, challenges, etc.
2. Swift basics
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Careem (Karāchi) in May 2022
Interview
The interview process consisted of a screening interview and 3 other interviews in the main loop.
Technical Interview (Algorithms , Architecture & Testing)
System Design
Bar Raiser Interview
Let me tell you how the interviews went. I got rejected because the bar is too high for iOS developers at Careem. They expect a guy to completely build a system standalone.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
In the first technical, they asked a question related to closure and capture values which was something like:
var string = "car"
let closure = { [string] in
print("I'm driving \(string)")
}
string = "truck"
closure()
Then a question related to lazy keyword whether lazy stuff is thread safe or not.
Then a question where there's a kingdom in which there is a king. If the king dies, his child becomes the king otherwise the dead king's sibling becomes the next king.
Write a function or computed property to get the currentHeir. (Had to use tree with depth first search to do this.)
In the bar raiser interview, they asked behavioural questions related to Careem's values.
How do you initiate things? How would your teammate describe you? How do you give feedback to your teammates? How can Careem benefit you? Taking ownership or not.