BBBC·Software Engineer

BBC Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Medium

Negative

Manchester, EnglandPosted Oct 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first step was an HR conversation, and then I went straight into a longer interview with three people from the engineering team.

The format was centred on a presentation of a recent project I’d led, and then they drilled into my decisions using questions based on what I’d shared.

After that, the discussion moved into topics like team leadership and project ownership—how I worked with others, how I took responsibility, and how I handled ownership when things were ambiguous. I was told I’d got the job, but then it turned into weeks of waiting with very little communication. The only follow-ups I got were vague, and when I finally pushed for clarity, the situation had already shifted.

In the end, I didn’t get a proper,

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