J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 3 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Adyen (Singapour) en mars 2025
Entretien
The first interview with HR was pleasant, followed by a take-home assignment.
The assignment was highly technical and required using GitHub and installing multiple tools on a local computer. However, GitHub knowledge was not mentioned in the job description. While it was listed as a bonus question that I could have skipped, I still attempted it. Unfortunately, this led to issues that damaged my personal laptop, forcing me to complete the assignment using my work laptop instead.
I progressed to the next round, but it felt like more of a courtesy than a genuine advancement. This round was conducted on-site.
In the end, I was rejected because I didn't answer their follow-up questions to their satisfaction and because they were looking for someone with prior experience and product knowledge.
It felt like a waste of time going to the office for the interview. If they specifically wanted a candidate with experience and existing product knowledge, they should have either recruited internally or clearly stated these requirements in the job description instead of listing them as "good to have" qualifications.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Basically follow-ups questions to your take home assignment.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Adyen
Entretien
Initial round with recruiter over call just went over position. Completed take home assessment and waited two weeks for hiring managers to grade it and reject my application. First rejection email I have ever got to include [Remove formatting and insert feedback here – e.g., “In particular, we were looking for a more structured approach to the analysis and clearer prioritization in the recommendations.”] in their reasoning.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Adyen
Entretien
The process was horrible. Worst experience I've got or heard of. Recruiters that do not show, don't care, are distracted, don't contact you. processes that change in the middle. tons of interviews with people that don't care and just try to look for something insignificant you said to mark you as faulty. Then you have to present a project which I did, and I managed to pass all the rounds despite all the blockings. To be rejected at the end at the C level interview with ridiculous reasoning such as "you didnt show much seniority because of XXX" so we'll promote someone internal that has no such skill or experience, but who cares... If you wanted to promote someone internal don't waste my time and be respectful. There are so many things wrong about the process that I don't know where to start. You want direct language without being rude? you have much to learn.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Adyen formula, adyen formula, adyen formula. but then, they don't even go by it. For example, we womn't people to find their ways, be direct and do the best for the role. But they will reject you if you say something that's thinking out of the box and doesn't go by the book they have.
Average initial interview with the recruiter. He didn't seem so friendly as he didn't smile once during the whole time. overall average experience only discussed about my past experience and he gave a small introduction about the company
