Me postulé a través de un reclutador. El proceso tomó 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en ING (Ámsterdam)
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I applied via a recruiter.
The recruiter submitted my CV and references, and I got set up with a onsite interview.
I got a short notice to travel internationally to appear for the interview, and got welcomed by a senior manager, who introduced me to a project manager and another senior engineer, who then conducted the interview on his behalf.
The interview was a hour-long session discussing former experience, presenting the role and the company, and performing a test.
All in all I would recommend working for ING, but do yourself a big favor and apply using a recruitment agency. Rates at ING for senior level software developers are fairly standard, and exceed 60 Euro/hr , whereas an internal role pays approximately a third of that, for exactly the same role.
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The test was in form of a code sample printed on paper, where a number of issues where present. I had to identify the issues, and explain why they were such and how they could be remedied.
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en ING (Estambul) en abr 2025
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After the initial phone call, I received a Java - spring assignment project as Backend application for bank loan process that employees can create, list and pay loans for their customers.
I developed it as they described but without extra points and a few test cases.
They gave feedback a brief negative response without any detail, in response to my follow up mail asking the application's status.
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At the phone call, some ordinary hr questions asked such as work experience, salary expectation.
Me postulé a través de un reclutador. Acudí a una entrevista en ING (Nederland) en abr 2025
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Ik had onlangs een sollicitatiegesprek bij ING Bank waarin ik werd geïnterviewd door iemand die zich presenteerde als senior engineer en chapter lead. Tijdens het gesprek kreeg ik onder andere vragen over Kafka en performance tuning. Wat me opviel, was dat één van de interviewers gedurende het hele gesprek zat te grijnzen, wat ik als enigszins ongemakkelijk ervoer.
Daarnaast vond het volledige gesprek in het Engels plaats; niemand sprak Nederlands, ondanks dat het om een functie in Nederland ging. Dat verraste me, aangezien ING van oorsprong een Nederlandse bank is.
Deze ervaring gaf mij de indruk dat er weinig aandacht is voor de lokale context en cultuur, wat ik persoonlijk jammer vind.
Het verzoek om mijn scherm te delen zonder voorafgaande waarschuwing was problematisch vanwege de privacygevoelige informatie die zichtbaar was. Ik adviseer de bank om hun interviewmethodiek beter af te stemmen op de huidige privacywetgeving (AVG) om de professionaliteit te waarborgen
they requested task completion about credit operations.
Then I received a technical interview meeting to discuss the task.
I discussed the task and answered general questions about OOP, Java etc.
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after the technical interview they asked if I accept a lower salary