Sollicitatievragen bij Coolblue

Offered a time and a re-schedule via mail. Did not respond to the re-scheduling email. (Twice) Joined the call 5 minutes late, left at 10th minute after joining. Recruiter was looking to find an irrelevant excuse to drop off. Proposed an excuse and said it was not a good match. Joined late, left early.

First the screening and some cultural questions, like what did you apply, what is your motivation, and then talk with the development lead and another HR. They said we cannot continue the recruitment process.

De sollicitatieprocedure bestaat uit een aantal stappen: 1- Virtuele proefdag: een programmaatje van ongeveer 40 minuten waar je paar casussen voorgelegd krijgt en een vragenlijst moet beantwoorden. 2- Videogesprek: een videogesprek om te kijken of jij en Coolblue bij elkaar passen 3- Fysiek gesprek: dit gesprek gaat wat dieper in op wat er bij het videogesprek besproken is. Verder zal er een rollenspel gespeeld. 4- Proefdag: een proefdag in de winkel

1. A short call with the recruiter 2. A call with the HR and an Engineering Manager about past experience with generic questions about what I was doing at my current company, feedback from the Manager, etc After the 2nd meeting they sent a take-home assignment with a simple task. There was an email address where I could ask question related to the task: I asked a question but nobody replied. 3. An interview with 2 Android Developers mostly based on the assignment. There were 2 developers asking questions and replying "Yes, OK" or "yes that makes sense" on all of my answers and didn't ask any follow-up questions and didn't ask me to explain my answers. I'm under the impression that the devs were either uninterested in the interview or didn't have a sufficient English vocabulary to ask something in-depth. Afterwards I was contacted by the recruiter who told me that I'm not proficient enough in SOLID and Clean Architecture, so they won't make me an offer. I was a bit confused since I could explain all of my answers related to the topic and had an impression that the interviewers agreed to everything I was saying. Another thing to note is that I was initially rejected after sending my resume since the recruiter though that I need a visa to work in the Netherlands. This was a red flag for me, but I decided to continue in order to gain some interview experience. I recommend looking at the average salary for Senior Android Developer positions in Amsterdam/Netherlands before accepting the offer at Coolblue. The range they offered was for the position was 15-20% lower than the average in Amsterdam.

First would be a call with HR and manager. Then a take home assignment, then a tech discussion on the assignment and choices made. And there will be more in terms of the code and things that can be used.

The interview process was tough, but fair. Consisted of 3 parts. First a softskills interview, then a take home assignment, followed by a technical interview The technical interview was in-depth and good knowledge of C# and design patterns is a requirement. The interviewers were very knowledgeable and asked tough questions. They were very pleasant to talk to and allowed me plenty of time to explain my decisions.

The people were very friendly and the process was clear. - 1st round: 30 min phone call with basic motivation questions (why Coolblue etc.), salary expectations (they said somewhere at the lower end of 3100 to 3600), and very basic data science questions - 2nd round: 1h virtual interview, talking about a data science project of yours (20-30 mins) and some behavioural questions (mostly how you work in teams) - 3rd round: 7 day take-home forecasting assignment and a report. They said it would take 1 day of work, but it took at least 4 days for me. It is also vague: there is a large emphasis on making it efficient, but there is no objective measurement for this. Explain everything - 4th round: 30 min virtual interview about assignment and 2x 45 min virtual interview with data scientists perhaps about technical and behavioural questions

I was approached by a Coolblue Energy recruiter on LinkedIn for a Java Lead Developer / Guild captain position at Coolblue Energy (formerly ServiceHouse, acquired by Coolblue). This role was expected to be both technical lead and manager of Java engineers (~15 people). The process was very long and getting feedback/scheduling for the next steps could take weeks. The time from the first interview until the last one was 1 month and a half. First interview was with the recruiter ~45 mins explaining how good the Energy department is and the bright future it has ahead, plan to grow, etc. Followed by a codility test, then a technical/personal interview with another 2 tech leads/guild captains (~1 hour, online) asking general questions on how to approach certain issues or which ideas are you bringing into the team. Final interview with the general manager of the Energy company in Amersfoort (~1 hour, in person). Usual questions about managing people, quality, what do you bring into the team again, how would you manage issues inside the team, stakeholders, etc. There was some uncertainty about the future of the role because Coolblue has a different structure, it could be the final role was Team lead, hands on manager in a team of 4-7 people, and not manage Java developers across 4 teams, which was ok to me, I raised my concerns about managing such large amount of people and still expected to be in charge/involved in technical decisions. It's been 1 month and a half since this final interview. The process required a lot of time. Interviews & preparation, going to Amersfoot for the final interview, I spent some personal time for this. I had high expectations about Coolblue which were not met, I haven't got any feedback, not even a response to my emails asking about the status of the process. I found it very unprofessional. I wasn't expecting to be ghosted by Coolblue in the final step of the process.

Ik heb via social media gesolliciteerd en moest vervolgens mijn CV sturen. Later moest ik per mail mijn motivatie op papier zetten en dit naar ze toe sturen. Ik moest enkel aangeven in mijn brief, waarom Coolblue, waarom ik daar wil werken en wat mij de geschikte kandidaat zou maken

J'ai été appelée par une responsable rh de Coolblue. Très gentille, elle a d'abord testé mes capacités en néerlandais, nous avons donc discuté en néerlandais, et après elle m'a indiqué que je pouvais répondre en français. On a discuté de tout et de rien, mais surtout de mon parcours, de qui j'étais, etc. Ensuite, j'ai pu poser mes questions.