I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at GitLab (Cape Town) in Jan 2020
Interview
A questionnaire with some technical and background questions, followed up with 5-6 interviews with various staff. Had great resources in their handbook which helped prepare for each stage of the process. As discussed in some other posts, the process took quite a while, as this is a completely remote company dealing in multiple time zones this is pretty understandable, I also applied just before the Christmas holidays, so a lot of the team then was unavailable when I would have interviewed. I would say of all the companies I interviewed with they had the most well prepared common sense methodology for screening and interviewing people.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What data pipelines have you built and maintained in the past? Where was the data coming from, where was it going, and who was using it?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at GitLab in Jan 2020
Interview
The interview steps were exactly like described in the team handbook.
Before first interview I was given a few questions to answer, it was to assess my interest in the role and how well I match requirements - some sql, STAR questions, why Gitlab and if I joined what I would like to work on.
Then followed by HR interview, Manager interview x 3, peer interview x 2, background check and references.
The communication was very good throughout the whole process, general experience was very positive
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL, STAR questions, past experiences and how I behaved, also some Linux, Python related questions
