Intact Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process started with an initial screening, followed by a second round with several team members discussing my experience. This round was more about them getting to know me and exploring my background. The third round involved more team members and a test of my technical knowledge. It wasn't a LeetCode-style test, but rather conversational. Although the job posting and everyone I spoke with described it as a DevOps role, the interview heavily focused on advanced Git topics, making me feel misled as it seemed they were seeking a Git administrator. When I inquired about other responsibilities like infra, monitoring, and AWS (all mentioned in the job description), they confirmed these would be part of the role but consistently steered the conversation back to Git. This felt dishonest; if they had advertised it as a Git Admin position, the interview questions would have been appropriate.

I had a second interview with the manager and product owner, but I didn't feel like a good fit at all. It was a Monday morning at 9:30, and I felt like I was the last person they wanted to see. They asked extremely generic questions, nothing personalized, and no questions about our analysis or work methods. What I liked about the job description was that the responsibilities were very varied and required someone versatile, but in the end, the position had one essential mission because everyone had to specialize. So, two-thirds of the role involved knowledge that wouldn't actually be applied (?!). I decided to stop the recruitment process the day after my second interview.

So for the interview process, they covered OOP, Java, Spring, and some behavioral questions about teamwork. There was also a bit of multiple choice trivia on Java, which was pretty easy if you know your stuff. They also touched on agile and the test pyramid. I was asked to give an example of when I had to face a challenging situation.

The recruitment experience at Intact was quite a letdown. After I finished and did well on their initial coding test, I was supposed to schedule the next part. But, they were really rigid about when I could do it, with only a few times available that were tough to make work. Even though I rearranged my own schedule and waited around for weeks, the HR people just stopped responding. No one got back to me, no news — just silence. It's a bummer to experience this kind of unprofessionalism, especially after putting in time and effort. A quick update or at least a heads-up would have been nice. I hope they get better at how they handle candidates and show them more openness and consideration.