Just Eat Takeaway Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

London, EnglandPosted Dec 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After the initial step, I was asked to complete a second round that consisted of prerecorded video interview questions plus two games powered by HireVue.

What surprised me was that it wasn’t technical at all—the questions were designed more to learn who I was and how I’d approach problems rather than testing coding skills directly.

The games reinforced that same theme: it felt like an exercise in problem-solving and personality rather than engineering knowledge. Since the process didn’t end with an offer, I felt like the company was looking for a very specific kind of communication and working style early on. My reflection was that the steps were built to assess fit broadly, but that made the rejection feel more disconnected from my technical

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