It was a very technical interview. Brush up the basics of Computer Science 101 and know about the tech used by Takealot. One question involved me having to look at a piece of code and give input on errors, improvements etc...

1st Round - Call with the hiring manager where you're introduced to the team and the company. - Both of you go over your CV and you're asked some higher level technical questions. 2nd Round - 90 minute asynchronous Hackerrank assessment (2 weeks to complete). - 33% theory questions on DSA and general software knowledge. - 66% two practical DSA questions. 3rd Round - Theoretical technical round with two engineers from the team. - Covers a wide array of software topics such as programming languages, concurrency, time/space complexity, data structures, distributed systems, RDMS, etc. 4th Round - Practical technical round with two engineers from the team. - For an hour, live, you'll implement functions one after the other to return the correct output according to DSA questions asked of you. 5th Round - Behavioural round with two engineering directors. - Your CV is gone over again in more depth and hypothetical questions around professional situations are asked. A technical question may be asked here and there based on your answers.