I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at HERE Technologies (Bengaluru) in July 2020
Interview
I got a call from Naurki regarding a Scala Developer job opportunity at their Bangalore Office. I was interested in the proposition and enquired about the interview process. The first round was a coding assignment to be completed over the weekend and submitted. I completed all the questions as the requirements stated and made sure all the tests were passing before submitting. However I got a rejection mail saying my tests were not correct for the "Java problem" and my "github" profile did not have any tests for any projects I had uploaded.
I mean, you are hiring me for a Scala developer role and you reject me based on a Junit test being wrong (and I dont know which one as that was not mentioned) and you check my Github projects for JUnit tests? Really?
I enjoyed solving those Scala problems and I knew damn well that I can clear the round. This rejection was a shocker. I don't know who reviewed this assignment but whoever it is, he/she clearly has no idea on what their hiring grounds are. Pathetic experience to say the least.
At least be honest about your reason of rejection. No sane developer would reject someone the way you guys did.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. To split a String with multiple delimiters and the resultant should also include the delimiters.
2. An Akka design problem
3. A very simple Java sentence generator problem for which only tests need to be written. The program itself is a joke and I wrote additional tests to enhance the functionality as well. And getting rejected because of this is simply ridiculous.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HERE Technologies (Mumbai)
Interview
⭐ Title: “Unprofessional post-selection experience — offer revoked after confirmation”
Pros:
Technical interviewers were knowledgeable and asked relevant DSA and Kafka questions.
The interview rounds were well-structured and timely.
Cons:
After clearing all interview rounds and receiving a confirmation email from the company, I was asked to wait for the final offer letter.
The HR team assured me multiple times that my selection was confirmed, discussed benefits and joining date, and even asked me to postpone my joining with another company.
Despite all assurances, the offer was suddenly revoked just a couple of days before joining, citing "approval issues."
They even requested to see my other company’s offer letter, which felt highly unprofessional and unnecessary.
This entire process caused financial and emotional stress, as I had already served my notice period and was depending on their confirmation.
Advice to Management:
Please maintain transparency and professionalism during post-selection processes. Once you confirm a candidate’s selection, communicate honestly if there are internal approval delays or changes. Such last-minute reversals can deeply impact a candidate’s trust and livelihood.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
dsa, multithreading, kafka, previous projects, java, spring boot
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at HERE Technologies in Jan 2024
Interview
The guy in the panel was very rude whilst asking questions. I think that if I don't know the answer or make a mistake maybe he can note it down, but not comment on my knowledge. There was one question where he too made a mistake which I had answered correctly. The interview was on the .NET Stack with Angular but he sticked to Angular's Typescript. Didn't even go to C# or MSSQL.They knew that I wasn't going to make it through the interview then what's the point in stretching it to 1 hour 15 minutes? I could imagine how the work culture in this company will be whilst working in his team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array of numbers, form another array object saying with on is repeating how many times.
Javascript vs Typescript.
Is typescript statically typed or dynamically
IIFE
Hoisting
output of:
console.log(typeof(undefined))
MSSQL vs PostGres or other DB
Explain the whole project architecture(in my company).
I applied online. I interviewed at HERE Technologies in Aug 2023
Interview
This was a casual interview. We just talked about the topics below. - Introduction of the company and the position - Explanation of my recent job experiences - Q & A
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: What are your recent job experiences? Q: What kind of technology stack is used?