Ocado Group Software Engineer interview experience

I started with a manager intro, then moved into a virtual onsite that included coding and system design, plus questions that connected back to my past experience. The format felt standard compared to what I’d seen elsewhere—stuff like designing a feature and explaining my thinking behind it.

The system design portion was concrete and had the usual focus on performance, scalability, and how to think about storage. I discussed tradeoffs while building out a link shortener style service, and they probed how I’d handle issues like throughput and data organization. The coding round leaned heavily