I applied online. I interviewed at Merative in Feb 2026
Interview
Generally an unpleasant interview experience. The conversation felt adversarial and hierarchical rather than a collaborative technical discussion. Answers were frequently interrupted and the interaction felt more like a rigid evaluation than a professional engineering dialogue.
Clear understanding of the process, fast follow ups, and easy to understand next steps. Met with recruiter first and then an interview panel. Very nice team and asked thoughtful questions. Provided helpful information about the role.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Merative (Brampton, ON) in July 2025
Interview
Initial HR screening round. And then one technical round with 2 team members from Merative. I haven't heard from them after that round. But most likely only HR and 1 technical round is there.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: How data structure internally designed in ArrayList ?
Q: What is bad in ArrayList in terms of performance ?
Q: Explain one REST API you have created in last project.
Q: How do you validate the data coming at controller layer ?
Q: Difference between POST, PUT and PATCH ?
Q: Explain indexing in relation database.
Q: Disadvantage of indexing ?
Q: Explain different types of joins.
Q: What is Stored Procedure ?
Q: If you are debugging an issue and you don’t find anything in logs then how do you more further in debugging ?
Q: CI/CD Pipeline steps
Q: Coding : Java 8 code snippet for sorting