Sollicitatievragen bij Coolblue

Eerst een intro gesprek, vervolgens een verdiepend gesprek met toekomstige collega's, capaciteiten test die je op locatie moest maken, tot slot een case met een business manager die verdiepende vragen stelt. Als dit allemaal ok was, aanbod.

het eerste gesprek was een telefonisch gesprek, tweede gesprek was een online sollicitatie met 3 verschillende mensen: een voorstelling van het bedrijf, een teamleader voor een algemeen gesprek en een recruiter met 2 casussen.

The whole process is just gibberish. They do not want to continue after the Soft skills interview which was another gibberish too. They always ask questions like that: "Tell us your experience exactly like this/that ..etc". As an interviewee you are not a machine, you do not have to have/remember experiences just like they want. They told me as a senior developer you have to express technical things as easily as possible to a non-technical person. But as a non-technical person, you do not have even a clue about technology/software ...etc. How can I tell you too easily even you do not have a clue? That is just non-sense and unfair. Instead of behaving like this(making people feel bad about themselves), give that person a project/code assignment and let another developer/business analyst argue with each other. If Coolblue does not take action against these non-sense HR people it will lose new talents.

4 Rounds on interview which will take around a month and a half easily. Starts with the Hr rounds then numerical and personality tests, followed by Business Case rounds and One panel interview.

I admitted my resume and cover letter and did not even get a response back. The way they treat applicants is very impolite. I don't understand how companies don't consider the effort applicants are taking when applying for a job

I was called by a lady called "Else" , it was supposed an interview about a PHP developer , she asked me about the culture in netherlands and why i want to go there ..... i was shocked !! it was supposed to be an interview for a PHP position, it should be mainly a technical discussion , any other aspect of discussion can come at later stages but at least the interviewer should check if the interviewed has the capabilities to resolve the technical issues of the company !!!

I interviewed for team lead position. I went through 2 rounds with HR and hiring manager. I got an assignment for tech round which was supposed to be done in 4 hours and it was too big to finish. 2 of my friends went through same process who are now part of much bigger firms in NL and I consulted and submitted even better version of assignment. The tech interview was with a senior developer and a lead who just met to knit-pick on assignment submitted and rejected the profile with no good reason. This is happening from March to June month, yet I see they’re not able to hire someone. Honestly, I consider this a loss of Coolblue and informed HR on what’s going on but they seemed to be least bothered about concern.

First I was called by a recruiter to get to know each other, questions on why I wanted this role, why Coolblue, what I do in my free time. After that, I got invited to the first interview with recruiter and product owner. I had to make a personality test beforehand. Questions asked were only on my weaknesses and the aspects of the personality test that weren’t a match with the company. Got quite negative vibes after this interview, nevertheless I was invited to the last round. Last round consisted of 1) one hour for preparing case on prioritizing epics 2) one hour interview in which I could present my results and the case was discussed 3) half an hour with manager of the team. After last round I got the feedback that I did not have any hands-on experience as a PO, so didn’t get any offer. The most striking aspect of this was that this should have been clear from the start (from my resume and first interview). Therefore it felt like a waste of time that I was invited to the last round, since it took a lot of time and effort (for both me and the people I had the interview with).

Solliciteren via de website. Je CV uploaden op de website. Hierna word je gebeld om te kijken of er een match is. vervolgens word je uitgenodigd voor een gesprek. Gesprek was digitaal.

CV Ingestuurd, gesprek gepland met HR. HR belde uiteindelijk niet. Gemaild en hetzelfde dag een andere afspraak gekregen. Had aangegeven op een bepaalde tijd beschikbaar te zijn maar werd er toch buiten gebeld. Vervolgens afgewezen op het niet gebruiken van TDD in een R&D game development functie. Waardeloze interview.