I applied through other source. I interviewed at Adobe (Bukarest, ) in Dec 2023
Interview
Phone initial screening, a get-to-know if you may. Seemed ok at first, good connection with the interviewer. Got ghosted for one month, after I asked about the situation on Linkedin, got a dry response saying: "I thought you were not interested in the job, however, we are hiring for a (unrelated) position, if you have any colleagues interested let me know.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions about former employers and former job activities. No technical questions
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Adobe (San Jose, CA) in Jul 2023
Interview
There were 7 rounds in total - Recruiter screen - Hiring Manager Screen - Take home assessment - 4 Hour on site round - Engineering Director Screen After wasting 7 hours of my life interviewing for this team, they ghosted me. The director even mentioned "Oh yes we will expedite the process since you have an offer and don't want to lose you" and after that no response.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Take home assessment was about developing an API - Interview rounds were typical leetcode copy-pasted questions
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Adobe (Edinburgh, Schottland) in Aug 2022
Interview
Very fast process; completed code-review exercise, then 3 1-hour interviews back-to-back, then had an offer the same day.
The interviews themselves were surprisingly old-fashioned. All technical questions were knowledge-based (e.g., describe X feature of Java, Y feature of React...) and there was no problem-solving element. There was no design or architecture question.
Behavioural questions were slightly better (I could drive them), but I didn't really observe them asking meaningful follow-up questions or quantifying the impact of my actions.
Everyone was very pleasant, but quality of interview process was one of my primary reasons for declining this offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Various superficial technology-specific questions, such as you would find searching for "Java interview questions" or similar. Covered difference between == and equals(), Interfaces vs Abstract classes, why you'd implement a getter rather than have a public field.