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The screening interview didn't have any difficult worth mentioning question. The kotlin project was simple but they wanted form you to make a lot of additional work that shows how you will work in a similar project in a production environment.
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Software Engineer, Backend

Interviewed at Pleo

3.2★
Oct 24, 2019

The screening interview didn't have any difficult worth mentioning question. The kotlin project was simple but they wanted form you to make a lot of additional work that shows how you will work in a similar project in a production environment.

- Explain polymorphism - Explain inheritance - What’s the difference between pass by value and pass by reference? - Where does Python store data on the stack or the heap? - How does a dictionary work under the hood in Python? - Name some design patterns and when you’ve used them - What's one thing/project in your career that you're most proud of and why?
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Backend Software Engineer

Interviewed at Wayflyer

3.8★
Jul 16, 2025

- Explain polymorphism - Explain inheritance - What’s the difference between pass by value and pass by reference? - Where does Python store data on the stack or the heap? - How does a dictionary work under the hood in Python? - Name some design patterns and when you’ve used them - What's one thing/project in your career that you're most proud of and why?

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