I applied online. I interviewed at Deel (Milan) in Jun 2024
Interview
The first interview with the recruiter was nice. The technical interview was very bad. Two interviewers, one didn't even turn on his camera. They didn't even look at my homework, so I just spent my time doing that. During the whole interview, they seemed to be doing something else in parallel, not really giving attention, as they already wanted to eliminate me from the process. He made me some non-sense questions and comments as well - his english was also poor. If you're interviewing in EMEA, I wish you good luck to not get into the hands of these two indian guys. Don't waste your time in the homework assignment as they will not even look at it and just focus on concurrency part.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- How would you design an API to receive a PDF file and process it. The service to process is a 3rd-party one.
1 technical interview, then another interview with the team lead, one cultural fit interview with senior management. There was no leetcode at all but conversations and direct questions. Overall interviewee friendly
I applied online. I interviewed at Deel in Feb 2026
Interview
The interviewer showed up 5 minutes late and had the most arrogant attitude I have ever experienced in a hiring process. Big red flag. Constantly interrupting me over small details. Demeaning attitude, not a single smile. It's like they wanted me to fail and feel under pressure. It's okay to discuss different views on architecture. But nitpicking the syntax and tiny details was simply not helpful to anyone. If that's the culture, I dodged a bullet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The technical constraints and how it fit the overall platform architecture. That was actually a fair question.
Who: Recruiter or HR representative.
Format: Phone call (20–30 minutes).
Focus:
Your background and resume highlights.
Why you’re interested in the role.
Work authorization and logistics (location, remote/on-site flexibility).
Salary expectations and timeline.
