Casumo Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process started with an HR interview, which was quite pleasant. They were keen on understanding my past experience, skills, and what I'm looking for. Next, I had an interview with someone on the team who holds a similar role and seniority to the job I applied for. This conversation was more detailed, focusing on my previous work and how I'd handle typical situations in this field. The final interview was with the direct manager for the position. It was a casual chat about the industry's general outlook and a deeper dive into specific technical areas they wanted to assess.

The interview process started with an initial conversation with HR. This was followed by a second interview with two individuals from higher management. The first 45 minutes of this second interview were dedicated to Casumo asking me questions. The remaining 15 minutes were allocated for me to ask my questions. They primarily inquired about my hobbies and personal life outside of work, and my work ethic regarding finishing after 5pm. When I gave general responses, they directly asked if I have children or a spouse, which they claimed was to gauge my team fit based on my hobbies.

First had a chat with HR, then got a task to find bugs in some code. After that, there was a coding challenge to build a video rental application, like others have mentioned. I saw some bad reviews about how they evaluate the tasks, but I thought 'maybe they just used a lot of if-else statements' and decided to give it a shot anyway. Sadly, that wasn't the case, and I regret spending about 2 days on it. The feedback was really disappointing; for example, they didn't understand what rich DTOs were, and when I mocked a DTO method, they called it an 'abuse of mocks'. Some other comments were just odd, like saying I shouldn't use a Price class to store prices. They also mentioned I didn't use configuration enough, even though I explained in the README that I wasn't focusing on that, which was permitted by the task description. They didn't point out any actual problems like something not working, violating rules, or transaction issues. I didn't learn anything from their review. I told the HR that with that much work, and if the application works and is mostly implemented correctly, it should be the starting point for the interview discussion. Even though I explained why I thought each of the 5 review points were correct, she said, 'we don't review applications twice'. Then she added, 'at this moment we are not in a rush to hire so they want to go for people with new skills which can add something new to the team,' which was really stupid. They saw my CV beforehand, and nothing changed, so were my skills finally not what they were looking for? In conclusion, if you have time to waste, give it a try.

I applied online and the next day got an email with an art test that had to be completed within a week. They encouraged creativity but the timeframe was tight, especially for those who also have jobs. After waiting two weeks with no response from the recruiter (I tried reaching out), I got a generic rejection email stating my art quality didn't match my portfolio, even though the design was okay. I felt the bar was too high for a test, and that maybe I didn't pick the right theme/aesthetic to impress them, which didn't show my actual skills.