Deliveroo Staff Software Engineer interview questions

- Half hour call with the recruiter - Technical screening (leetcode) type interview with their provider Karat. This had a few questions around tech, productionisation, testing etc and then a few leetcode exercises which were actually super relevant and fun (rather than having to traverse a binary tree or other BS comp sci algos you'll never have to actually do in your day to day life...) - Hour-long system design interview - Hour-long behavioural interview - Take-home exercise (around 3 hours of work) - Pairing interview with staff engineer As opposed to having these all smushed together into one big session, Roo let me space these out over a few weeks so it was less intense. Everyone that I spoke to was super lovely and made me feel very safe and comfortable during the whole process. It felt very *human*, rather than when I've interviewed at some of the other Big Tech companies. The recruiter I was speaking to works in a different timezone to myself, but really went out of his way to be contactable through the process and was quick to answer any questions I had. Overall I actually really enjoyed the process. The technical screening with karat was also really enjoyable, and the leetcode type question they asked seemed relevant to the job.

The process started with a coding interview with Karat. Once I received positive feedback from that I had four more interviews with Deliveroo employees: Systems Design, Behavioural, Leadership and Technical Project Walk Through. Everyone I interacted with was friendly and conducted the interviews in a professional but relaxed way. The questions were appropriate for the role. The recruiter kept in regular contact throughout the process and made a genuine effort to ensure I had a good experience and deliver an offer that matched my expectations. I ended up accepting a different offer because the role was more aligned with my interests.