Elsevier·Software Engineer

Elsevier Software Engineer interview experience

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FrancePosted Sep 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went in with an interview path that started with an engineering manager conversation, then moved into multiple rounds with leads and engineers.

The questions were mostly about my experience and the technologies I’d used, but they weren’t totally open-ended—some parts expected opinions, so I had to answer in a way that wasn’t just factual.

Later, I also had a round that leaned into team practices and how I worked day to day. Before that, there was a recruiter call and then a quick technical conversation with the hiring manager, and notably there wasn’t a test task in that flow. The on-site-style interview covered pair programming, high-level architecture, and team processes.

Both experiences felt friendly and grounded in how I

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