I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Brighte (Manila, Manila) in Dec 2024
Interview
1. Was provided a take home assessment exam.
- FE must be written in react
- BE can be written with anything as well as DB
- Application is a contact management system CRUD application
2. Had a technical round with 2 developers, 1 junior and 1 senior
- Basic walkthrough of the application discussing tech decisions and Tech Stack choices
- Deconstruct and reconstruct the solution emulating real world design changes like changing from zustand to redux.
3. Final interview with leadership, talked with the Director of Engineering and CTO.
- Career discussion
- Goals and character assessment
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Why were my tenure from my previous companies 1 year stints?
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Brighte (Conference) in Mar 2022
Interview
Live Solution Architecture Design with details, make me feel like giving the two developers one-hour free AWS Solution Architecture Consultancy, shouldn't give too many details about their current issues as we are doing high-level design, weren't working as a contractor architect to help resolve the architecture issue
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Architecture solution for their current email notification issues
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Brighte (Sydney) in Mar 2022
Interview
The interview was in 3 rounds:
1. Take-home technical challenge with a subsequent review. It was focused on my hands-on coding skills. Instead of doing their challenge, I suggested that they review a challenge I did for another, company showcasing my tech skills, and they agreed.
2. A system design interview. I was asked to design a solution on an online whiteboard.
3. Values interview with their Head of Technology.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: In the system design interview, they asked for a difference between a monolith vs REST micro-services vs event-driven architecture.
