I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at ASDA
Interview
The process involved a technical panel that heavily relied on a rigid script rather than an organic engineering discussion. It was a continuous barrage of complex architectural questions. Because I took brief, natural pauses to mentally structure my answers, the panel falsely assumed I was using AI and rejected me on that basis, without ever addressing their suspicions during the call. When I provided feedback to engineering management, they dismissively suggested I should have "warned" the interviewers that I need time to think. It is a deeply flawed interview culture that penalizes senior professionals for taking a moment to formulate structured, secure technical responses.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how you develop and tested complex feature in your past experience, Describe how you solved the challenges and bottlenecks in the process. How did you handled performance and scalability? What are the key characteristics of CI/CD pipelines