Xero·Software Engineer

Xero Software Engineer interview experience

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Auckland, AucklandPosted Oct 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a format that really leaned on building and then discussing real solutions.

The first part was a technical interview with developers where I had to refactor an existing project. After passing that initial stage, I moved into a second technical design interview with developers where I created a solution represented on slides, then talked it through.

What made the experience stand out was how practical the setup felt. At some point in the process, I had to create a solution based on a feature from their application before meeting the people, and then on meeting day there was peer programming where I developed a feature on the spot. Even though I found the interviews

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