CCheckout·Software Engineer

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BerlinPosted Nov 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My journey was pretty demanding from the start, with multiple stages and an in-person component.

I went through an early screen, then landed in a physical whiteboarding exercise paired with technical questions that were described as moderately challenging. I remember feeling like the questions weren’t just trivia—they were pushing on how clearly I could reason under pressure.

After the whiteboarding, the process moved into a take-home challenge and then a system design interview. The system design part focused on designing a payment gateway, and the experience depended heavily on how engaged the interviewers were; I felt some reluctance to dig in or interact, which made it harder to

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