I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Adyen in May 2021
Interview
The interview process was incredibly long. I interviewed for two months for the position, and did 3 rounds of hour long interviews plus a technical test which took about 5-6 hours total.
First interview is with one of their recruiters, where they discuss your general experience and motivations for joining Adyen, and whether you are a fit for the role. If you pass this, you have a take home assessment to do before you can be offered a second interview.
The 2nd interview is a technical skills interview with two members of the team, where they ask you about the technical assessment, and discuss at length your motivations for joining Adyen.
If you pass the technical interview, you have a 3rd interview with two team leads, which is completely identical to the previous interview, so be prepared to repeat yourself a lot with this company as they do not seem to retain any information you have provided in previous interviews.
After this round of interviews, I was told I was a great fit for the role, I fit well with the team and my technical skills and experience were great, but that they were rejecting me due to the fact I did not show enough excitement for Adyen as a company during the 3rd interview. It took quite some back and forth before they told me over email that they were actually looking at other candidates with more experience, so be prepared to do some digging to get some honest feedback.
Generally quite a negative interview experience, as it took 2 months and a large chunk of my time and energy only to be rejected for a reason that they could have easily ascertained during the first interview.
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.
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.
Interview questions [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