I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Deliveroo (Londra, Inghilterra)
Interview
The interview was done on 2 phases, First there was an online interview with one engineer over a hangout where we pair over a code exercise. Later I was invited to a in house round of interviews and given a code task that I need it to finish in advance.
The in-house interview consisted on 3 separate interviews with 2 different interviewers each.
On the day of the interview I was greeted by one of the engineers doing the first interview was a paring exercise making changes on the code task. I was ask to do some modifications and explain the reasoning behind my changes.
On the second interview I was ask to do a design where a system will be able cope with a sudden load. I was asked to draw on a white board a possible solution for a system that will be able to handle this
The last interview was a series of question about how I behave on specific situations and was ask to give real examples if I had any.
After that I was told to wait for about a week for their response, after about 4 days I got and offer from them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me of a time were you have to balance short on long terms gains
2 coding tests (Online test and take home assignment)
3 round interviews (HR screen, Coding Review, System Design)
My last stage is the System Design interview
After the process, they sent me a review
I interviewed at Deliveroo (Londra, Inghilterra) in Nov 2025
Interview
The process took so long, and I feel like I just lost my time.
I had to go through this process for a month, and by the end, I did not receive feedback.
1. Hr Call.
2. Take-home programming test
3.1 Take-home programming test followed by a pair programming test to review the code
3.2 System design. The recruiter told me it would be the same System design interview as always, but they asked me to design something different from what they had asked before.
3.3 Behaviour Interview.
I don't know what Deliveroo wants. All my interviews were positive, but the hiring committee decided not continue with the process. I didn't receive a feedback email saying what happened
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Same programming take-home test
The system design interview was different from what it used to be
Behavioural about leadership
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Deliveroo in Oct 2025
Interview
Here's a professional expansion:
**Interview Process Experience:**
The process began with a recruiter screen where I engaged positively, acknowledging the recruiter's role in connecting candidates with opportunities. Shortly after, I received an online coding assessment—a standard but telling practice that increasingly signals companies offloading evaluation effort onto candidates' time without reciprocal investment.
**Reflection**: Online tests have become a filtering mechanism that extracts significant energy from job seekers while requiring minimal company resources. For someone with years of proven production experience, certifications, and a track record of delivering measurable impact, these generic assessments rarely capture actual capability or cultural fit. They often favor those who optimize for test-taking over those who excel at building real systems.
This approach suggests a transactional hiring philosophy rather than a genuine evaluation of senior engineering talent. Strong companies invest time upfront in meaningful technical conversations that assess judgment, architectural thinking, and collaboration—not algorithmic puzzle-solving under artificial constraints.
**Takeaway**: I'm seeking organizations that value demonstrated experience and engage candidates as professionals, not as interchangeable test-takers in a volume-driven pipeline.
