Backbase·Software Engineer

Backbase Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

AmsterdamPosted Jun 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview experience felt like a nightmare mainly because of the way the “homework” was handled.

They required me to do an assignment with a full page describing what they expected, but when it was time to get the input materials, they couldn’t send the file properly at the start.

They also didn’t share the criteria. Even after completing what I could, they seemed to focus on what I supposedly didn’t get right—rejecting for things like typos and even issues that didn’t seem valid. The experience felt like they cared more about spotting gaps than understanding what I already knew or how I approached the task.

In the end, I didn’t receive an offer. The lasting impression was that the

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