N26 Software Engineer interview experience (2022)

N26 Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

BerlinPosted Jun 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview sequence had a clear rhythm: a Codility test for about 90 minutes, then an introductory round, then a problem-solving interview, a system design round, and finally a hiring manager interview.

Each stage felt timed and deliberate, and I got through most of it.

The early Codility and problem-solving rounds involved structured coding practice, and the system design interview was another hour where I had to reason through architectural choices. When I reached the hiring manager stage, I thought I was in good shape.

Ultimately, I was rejected, and the reason they gave pointed to a gap in hands-on experience in finance and banking and a need for startup/scale-up exposure. It was a straightforward explanation, and while it didn’t feel great, it at least clarified what they were looking

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N26 Software Engineer interview experience

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