A few general knowledge questions, and willingness to learn is important. Had to answer a couple of scenario questions as well. Overall, the interview had quick feedback and went smoothly.
Dear colleague,
Thank you for taking the time to review your application process. Your feedback not only enables us to continuously improve our process, but also provides other candidates with interesting insights. It is essential for us to foster a pleasant application process and ensure that our applicants receive feedback soon. We are happy that you perceived it accordingly and you are part of our team now.
Warm regards, The Munich Re HR Team
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Munich Re (Dublin, Dublin) in Jan 2024
Interview
There were four coding questions for SQL and Python , Technical and managerial round followed by HR . Both took around 45 minutes . Total time taken from interview to hiring was 4 weeks.
Dear colleague,
Thank you for your feedback on the interview process for your role as a Data Engineer. We are pleased that you perceived the process as positive and accepted our offer. Your experience gives other candidates applying for a role in this career field useful insights and helps us in our ambition to continuously improve our application process. Thank you for sharing them.
We are delighted that you are now part of our team and appreciate your contribution to our joint success.
Warm regards, The Munich Re HR Team
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Munich Re in Nov 2023
Interview
Several weeks after applying I was called for an initial interview with the hiring manager that lasted 30 minutes, It was quite standard and was mainly about seeing if my experience aligned with the job requirments.
Two weeks afterwards I had a second virtualk interview with an HR representative and four underwriters (member of the team, hiring manager and her collegue, and their superior). The interview lasted 3 hours, was conducted in three languages and included a case study, to which I had one hour to prepare.
This was defintely one of the worst interviews I had - the 5 interviewers were not interested to really knowing me better as a person, and how I think, but asked really difficult and specific questions both about myself and afterwards during the case study. I had a feeling that I was actually be interrogated, and that the intervoewers were doing a competition between themselves, who will ask me the toughest question, They were also switching constantly between English, German, and Spanish (none of which are my mother tongue). Eventually I also recieved the feedback that my Spanish was not good enough. I wonder way, what a joke. I would have never like to work for such a time.
Dear former candidate,
Thank you for taking the time to review your application process.
We sincerely apologize for the dissatisfaction you experienced during your interview and regret that we gave the impression that we did not want to get to know you as a person. Your feedback is very valuable as we strive to continuously improve our application process. Our goal is to ensure a smooth and stress-free interview that reflects your character and strengths. Therefore, we are sorry that you did not perceive this intention during your interaction with us.
If you have any further questions or specific feedback, please contact our HR department.
We wish you all the best for the future.
Warm regards, The Munich Re HR Team