I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Lineten in Dec 2023
Easy interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Lineten in Aug 2023
Interview
The interview process started with a screening call with Phoebe.
Then, they sent a coding project that required basic CRUD operations.
Then, meeting with Architects.
After my last interview, I didn't get any reply, so I emailed to ask for any updates. Then, Phoebe sent an email without any feedback, informing me that someone else accepted an offer.
A few weeks later, I got an email to apply for the same role, and then I had another screening call with Phoebe, who said she would get back to me, but she has yet to do so.
During over a decade of career, I have never come across such unprofessional experience and lack of respect as I found dealing with Lineten
Thirty minute call with an internal recruiter, then a take home code test followed by discussion of code with architects and some general tech questioning, half hour chat with CTO and same with CEO.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you feel about dependencies being controlled by an approved list?
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Lineten in Nov 2023
Interview
The process was pretty extensive and drawn out. This spanned over the festive period so that did not help either.
The first stage is the usual screening call which lasts 30 minutes. Then I was required to complete a technical test which consists of creating a full DDD solution for CRUD operations in C# including unit tests, integration tests and deployment set up using Docker.
Once I passed that stage there was another 30 minute interview with two technical members which focused more around the running of the team and planning the backlog etc.
After that, a further interview with the CTO took place where it seemed like more of an opportunity to ask further questions and for them to find out more about me and my experience.
I was told I had progressed to the final stage with the CEO. Due to a number of factors it took some time to try to arrange this. However, once we were all finally in a position to go ahead, I was informed that there was still some uncertainty about the need to fulfil this role and therefore they would be unable to progress with my application at this moment in time. It is disappointing when you invest so much time in a process to be let down like this. However, it was quite evident throughout that there was a lack of clarity around what this role would entail and the work in the pipeline.