Nakisa Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

For the first step, I had a take-home technical assessment. It included MCQs, coding challenges, and SQL questions. In total there were 64 questions covering Git, Spring, Hibernate, Vue.js, JavaScript, JDBC, and REST APIs. I also had to solve 2 Java programming problems and 1 SQL problem. After completing that, I was invited for a 1-hour technical interview with the Hiring Manager. The first 30 minutes were spent discussing my resume and past projects. For the last 25 minutes, I was given a code review task.

I first met the HR head at a campus recruitment fair. I emailed my resume and cover letter and then got called for an interview. The HR head interviewed me for about 30 minutes, asking about my past work experience and some behavioral questions, including salary expectations. She really pushed for numbers, and I wasn't great at avoiding it. After that, the head of Software R&D joined, and I discussed my Master's thesis. He then posed two technical questions: one about finding the 5th element from the end of a list in a single pass and another about designing a database schema for a library system that handles various media types. This was my first technical interview, and I admit I stumbled on a few parts. I also had no idea about Nakisa and just talked about what I saw on their website. For the technical question on list traversal, the easiest way is using a stack or two pointers, but I couldn't figure it out. The tech interviewer gave off a negative vibe, seeming a bit arrogant and unhelpful, just staring while I struggled. Oddly, they mentioned .Net & Java but asked about Flex programming first.

The Montreal location is great and the people were super nice. I had two guys interview me in about an hour. It was a pretty standard difficulty, not too hard, not too easy. Some coding questions were straightforward, but the questions about the core of Java were a little tough. Be ready for anything.