I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at RealVNC in Jul 2025
Interview
I have applied through the recruiter. The whole process took almost 1 month (since the first contact from the recruiter).
First, I was offered to re-write my CV according to a given template to fulfill the company's requirements for the CVs. Felt a little odd to me and some requirements seemed controversial to the CVs best practices I've learnt before. But it was ok.
Then I was offered to do a technical screening test. Which contained of several C++ code review questions - where I needed to fix/spot the issue, mostly with memory management. Seemed pretty easy if you have experience with C++.
After passing the test I had an interview (around 30 mins) with the hiring manager who asked several behavioural questions.
Then I was offered a technical interview with 2 other software engineers (one of them is a Tech Lead of team who was hiring). The interview lasted around 1 hour and contained 2 parts. First, I had to do a code review of a C++ code. Should have refreshed my knowledge on virtual functions - as I missed a couple of issues connected to that.
During the second part I was offered to design an application to collaboratively create drawings.
And then I was given a chance to ask my questions.
The next stage was an interview with a CTO - just a non-technical conversation about my experience: discussing what my current role is about, how wide my responsibilities are, if I had any experience working with the stakeholders. I also had an opportunity to ask question about company strategic plans and way of working.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What is your favourite addition to the new C++ standard.
I applied online. I interviewed at RealVNC (Cambridge, England)
Interview
Interview with head of department and CEO. Some basic questions on my background and degree, examples of work that I've produced and how it applies to the role and general questions about technical writing
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How does your background and examples of work apply to the position?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at RealVNC (Cambridge, England) in Jul 2016
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn. I asked to arrangecinterview within a week. I had a technical interview with two programmers followed by an HR interview on the same day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q. C++ questions on mutexes and semaphores.
Q. Algorithm questions on manipulating arrays.
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