Backbase Backend Engineer interview experience

There wasn’t a real flow or discussion tied to my experience and past projects—instead, the interviewer would ask questions lifted from a notepad, with little connection between them.

Time was also a problem: they allowed very little thinking time, sometimes moving on within seconds. When I tried to answer about my productivity, the interviewer reacted coldly to the idea that I used GenAI tools to improve my output. The coding question requirements were vague, and they didn’t clear up my doubts before starting. Requirements also changed mid-interview, and every mistake was met with sharp,