OOcado Group·Software Engineer

Ocado Group Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Positive

United KingdomPosted Oct 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I ended up with what felt like a friendly, well-run interview experience, even though I wasn’t successful.

The interviewer came across as enthusiastic and pleasant, and the coding exercise itself didn’t feel too hard at first.

The part that tripped me up was my own instinct to overcomplicate. I got ahead of myself and built a messier approach than necessary, so I ended up needing the interviewer to step in to correct mistakes. Even with that, the interaction was constructive and I didn’t leave feeling like it was just a quick shut down.

What I remember most is that I was provided fairly detailed feedback about why I was rejected when I requested it. It turned the rejection into something that

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