Runa Senior Software Engineer interview questions

The process was fairly typical: - Intro call (30 mins) - Screening call (45 mins) - Pair programming (90 minutes) - System design (90 minutes) - Values interview (30 minutes) The screening call involved a 10 minute coding exercise (simple code-share thing to implement one very simple function), a mini system-design exercise, talking about the tech stack and time for Q&A. The pairing exercise involved implementing some features on a shared codebase, it was relatively straightforward and what you'd expect from this type of exercise. My one criticism here is that the parameters/context weren't very clearly defined: the interviewers initially asked me to use in-memory data stores etc and told me to skip over some aspects, but then later asked me why I hadn't done things like I would in the real world. I wasn't sure whether they wanted me to treat this like a 'real world' task or not. The system design part was really good, I used excalidraw to design a system they described, they presented various scenarios (what if x failed, what if y happens, how about new requirement z, etc). Both of the programming and design parts were quite long, which made it impossible for me to take these during a lunch break, and I ended up scheduling a day off for both. The values interview was basically STAR format "tell me a time when" applied to their company values. If you research the company well enough, and are aligned with their views, this should be straightforward. Overall, everyone I spoke to at WeGift was really great, they're a very friendly and approachable team with lots of knowledge but also very interested in what the candidate has to say. Everyone was very welcoming and I enjoyed the process.