The interview process is in 5 steps:
1 - Remote interview with senior member of their Engineering team.
2- Remote interview with their Head of People (EMEA).
3 - Visit to their London office, interview with 4 members of their UK team for 45 minutes each. With 2 whiteboard interviews.
4 - Final interview is a remote call with their Chief R & D Officer.
5 - Call to references & background check then Offer.
I managed to pass all of them before being too light on the technical side (it was my first whiteboard, I think I was under-prepared on the insight.) compared to another interviewee. Which is fair.
I visited Glassdoor before going into the process, at first I was taken aback from the number of negative experiences and I almost refused (I'm very glad I didn't).
The teams at Citymapper/ Via were extremely human and welcoming.
The tech team was very helpful and gave me good feedbacks and points to work on for my next whiteboard. :)
Overall, it's a very long process which required a trip to London. Despite that, it was probably THE best process I had in weeks!
I'm really happy that I got so far and also received so many positive and helpful feedback on my presentation and system design skills.
I didn't get the role but I got to connect with talented peers, for that I'm grateful.
Thanks for making the process so nice!