Deliveroo·Software Engineer

Deliveroo Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

IndonesiaPosted Dec 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My recruiter call initially sounded like a standard conversation about my background, projects, and what I was looking for next.

I expected to learn more about the company and the role’s direction, but the interview shifted quickly into system design questions and became much more technical than I was ready for.

Towards the end, the recruiter asked about sharding in the context of rolling out new features. I explained how sharding is generally only needed once scaling demands it and that replication can often cover many cases. The whole vibe felt off to me—especially because the interviewer seemed to come from a third-party agency rather than directly tied to Deliveroo—and it left me questioning the fit. I ended up

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