I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Deliveroo in Aug 2022
Interview
First round on Karat comprising few basic questions and couple of coding questions.
Architectural round - One design question of designing a system to deliver 6 million burgers in 10 minutes.
Behavioural round - Behavioural questions
Thought of Deliveroo India to be different than how typical Indian companies are, who keep on stalling the candidates after interview process, but sadly its the same.
Had to wait for about 15 days and follow up multiple times to ask for the result. They kept on stalling giving multiple reasons that interviewer is not well and is on a vacation.
After that HR said that you are not a good fit for L5 and from the feedback of the interview rounds we could still offer you L4. Even after agreeing to that they took 5 more days and 3 follow ups to eventually say that they won’t be able to move forward with even L4. Did the feedback suddenly change from what it was 5 days back? Not sure what is happening there.
Have some transparency guys and don’t make commitments if you don’t have the authority.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a system to deliver 6 million burgers in 10 minutes
Hi - I'm sorry for the issues you faced during the interview process. The delays and lack of clear communication were not intentional and I'm sorry for any stress or uncertainty this may have caused. I'll pass on your feedback to the relevant people. Would you mind dropping me an email so I can look into this further, and try in some small way to make it up to you? jamie.edwards+glassdoor@deliveroo.co.uk
Positive experience
Average interview
Application
I interviewed at Deliveroo (London, England)
Interview
2 coding tests (Online test and take home assignment)
3 round interviews (HR screen, Coding Review, System Design)
My last stage is the System Design interview
After the process, they sent me a review
I interviewed at Deliveroo (London, England) in Nov 2025
Interview
The process took so long, and I feel like I just lost my time.
I had to go through this process for a month, and by the end, I did not receive feedback.
1. Hr Call.
2. Take-home programming test
3.1 Take-home programming test followed by a pair programming test to review the code
3.2 System design. The recruiter told me it would be the same System design interview as always, but they asked me to design something different from what they had asked before.
3.3 Behaviour Interview.
I don't know what Deliveroo wants. All my interviews were positive, but the hiring committee decided not continue with the process. I didn't receive a feedback email saying what happened
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Same programming take-home test
The system design interview was different from what it used to be
Behavioural about leadership
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Deliveroo in Oct 2025
Interview
Here's a professional expansion:
**Interview Process Experience:**
The process began with a recruiter screen where I engaged positively, acknowledging the recruiter's role in connecting candidates with opportunities. Shortly after, I received an online coding assessment—a standard but telling practice that increasingly signals companies offloading evaluation effort onto candidates' time without reciprocal investment.
**Reflection**: Online tests have become a filtering mechanism that extracts significant energy from job seekers while requiring minimal company resources. For someone with years of proven production experience, certifications, and a track record of delivering measurable impact, these generic assessments rarely capture actual capability or cultural fit. They often favor those who optimize for test-taking over those who excel at building real systems.
This approach suggests a transactional hiring philosophy rather than a genuine evaluation of senior engineering talent. Strong companies invest time upfront in meaningful technical conversations that assess judgment, architectural thinking, and collaboration—not algorithmic puzzle-solving under artificial constraints.
**Takeaway**: I'm seeking organizations that value demonstrated experience and engage candidates as professionals, not as interchangeable test-takers in a volume-driven pipeline.
