I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Discover (Seattle, WA)
Interview
My friend referred me for a QA Lead role. First referral I got a recruiter call with my work experience and asked Test Strategy questions. I explained well and didn't get a response from recruiter. When I asked the recruiter she replied we are not moving forward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain test strategy?
Asked do you have experience in device testing,
Farnborough, Hampshire, South East England, England
No offer
Positive experience
Difficult interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Discover (Farnborough, Hampshire, South East England, England) in May 2024
Interview
It was panel interview, consisting of 5 sessions with 5 different people.
3 of them was group managers and 2 of them team leads.
First interview was technical one. After this one I met with 3 different group manager from IT. And the last interview was whiteboard interview.
It's sad I haven't been chosen but still can not say anything bad about the process. I enjoyed the experience from the beginning till the end.
Only thing I can say is; I asked for the rejection reason but couldn't get any feedback for that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical one was the easiest one. Went through concepts of programming.
With managers it was behavioural questions like:
- give a goal you have not reached yet and tell me about your action plans
- tell me about a time you choose a colleague - why you choose that person and what was the outcome
- tell me about a problem you couldn't solve and the actions you took
- there is an sql script which is running slow. What actions you can take to check the cause
- tell me about your framework
- tell me about the last bug you couldn't catch
- you are not coming from the same background with the person you are working with. How would you communicate?
Whiteboard session was about preparing the functional tests for a payment solution. There were 4 different microservices involved.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Discover (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2024
Interview
The interviewer was very rude, he didn't even turn on his camera. He asked me about my work experience and didn't even give me a chance to ask something about the company.