Panel with five people, 30 minutes each to ask questions or conduct online skill tests. The process is gruesome, the technical skill test is unrealistic and too rigid. Overall, this was a terrible experience, outdated methods and very unrealistic to the actual job needs. None of the skills that were pushed as important during the tech testing were ever applied or used on the actual job. A very high disconnect between their expectations and the actual job needs.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Can you explain the difference between React redux vs hooks? Why and when do you use one versus the other?
Write code to show either implementation to resolve the following problem [insert complex, unrealistic problem, completely unrelated to the actual business requirements of the job]
Note: this is just ONE example, there were many more and worse.
First, standard short phone call with recruiter. Then a 1-hour interview with an engineer on the team, asked about technical experience and background, and did a live coding assessment via video call. Fairly standard Leetcode style questions
Intense but rewarding — the interview for the Software Engineer position at Walmart Labs was tougher than I anticipated. The technical rounds included an LRU Cache implementation question where I had to articulate my design thoughts on thread safety, followed by a complex system design for a real-time inventory service. What made a difference in my prep were the company-specific prompts I found on prachub.com; they really helped me understand the types of questions I might face. Despite the challenging nature of the interviews, I ultimately received an offer but chose to decline.
