Simply Business Software Engineer interview questions
based on 4 ratings - Updated Jun 20, 2022
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Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Simply Business overall takes an average of 16 days.
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One of their talent partners reached out to me to ask if I was interested in discussing the role. He attached a calendar link to book in a call.
I booked the call and sent a message confirming it, to no response. Once the time came he didn't call me or message me to let me know.
Basically he rudely wasted my time.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Simply Business (Boston, MA) in Feb 2020
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Very quick process - phone screen with a recruiter, phone screen with a tech lead, online coding assessment via Zoom with an engineer. Overall great feeling from the company culture and everyone I spoke with.
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Question 1
Working with JSON data to build out a light app that utilizes that data.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Simply Business (London, England)
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They approached me with a phone conversation and then they said they are not moving forward because I didn't have enough Ruby experience. Unprofessional and waste of my time. Red flag that they didn't mention my experience in Ruby from my CV. Also red flag is they require people specifically with Ruby experience
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