I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TOPdesk (Tilburg) in May 2022
Interview
After submitting my application a recruiter called me for a phone call screening to get to know me and my motivation to work there. It helps if you read up a bit on the company before-hand to show you're familiar with the company and what they do and for asking questions. It might also be useful on the interview with the software engineers later. If you give a good impression then they will email you with a follow-up where they invite you to the technical interview and a video call with the recruiter and your potential team of interns during which the recruiter goes over the contract and in the end you may ask questions about it. There is only one round of technical interviews and if things went well (i.e. you completed even at a slower pace the coding tasks but were able to explain your reasoning; explained your experience well and gave examples) you will get a call after a couple of weeks with an offer. In my case, the interviewer called ,which I think made it a more authentic experience.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Q: What was a difficult task that you had to solve during a project and how did you solve it?
Q: (warm up) You are given a string/list of strings (I don't remember exactly). Each time you read 'TOP' print 3 and each time you read 'desk' print 5.
Q: (the challenge) You are given an integer. This number gives you the number of layers the pyramid you need to print has. For example, if 4 is your input, then you need to print * * * * * * * * * *
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at TOPdesk in Apr 2020
Interview
Solid experience with pleasant interviewers. I would really recommend an intern to apply as they do not try to trick you like many big tech companies these days. They are straight to the point.
