I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at DAR ecosystem (Almaty) in Mar 2016
Interview
Hiring interview is not so hard, just show that you are able to learn. Knowledge of basics is enough. Might ask you about patterns, SOLID, DRY, and other things. There are no questions for FP, might ask you some questions from codeforces.com of level A or B (div 2)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Generics, what for they were introduced in Java? Knowledge of working with RabbitMQ.