J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Mollie (Amsterdam) en juil. 2022
Entretien
Applied for a Senior Software Engineer (Java) at Mollie in July 2022. Initially had a screening call with a recruiter(Neil) where he described the hiring process at Mollie in a nutshell. Neil was very friendly, provided a good level of support, and transferred all the feedback he had on each stage.
As for the interview phases – there were 4 of them: hackerrank test, code review session, system design session, and cultural fit.
Hackerrank(90 minutes): 3 questions that could be answered with a programming language you like (JS, C#, Java 8/17). Nothing really difficult – not a dumb leetcode questions but more like the things you might face from day to day on your work
Code review(45 minutes): they will give you a gist with a code where you will have to identify all the problems that code has and also offer improvements (just in words, you can't actually provide any code).
Cultural fit(60 minutes): nothing really fancy, just a friendly talk about different kinds of situations you faced/might face.
System design(75 minutes): you will be given general statements of how the system you are designing should behave. The task is to ask as many questions as possible, draw the diagrams, describe a database schema, and discuss potential performance issues you might have.
All went well (maybe except system design interview) and it end up giving me an offer for a Middle PHP engineer position, which was pretty awkward to hear and accept.
Overall that was a positive experience and all the people I talked to were really nice and positive. I think that would be a good experience working at Mollie if they could give a position you've applied to but not offer a not relevant to your experience opportunity.
Questions d'entretien [5]
Question 1
Parse a file, filter out the content, and write the result to another file
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 5 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Mollie (Milan) en juin 2025
Entretien
The interview process was well-structured and consisted of several stages. It started with an initial call with the HR team, followed by a coding test on HackerRank. If the test was passed successfully, the next steps involved two technical interviews: the first focused on reviewing a pull request (PR), and the second on System Design.
If the technical stages were cleared, the process continued with two additional interviews—one assessing alignment with company culture and another with the prospective manager. These non-technical interviews included a significant number of behavioral and situational questions aimed at evaluating how candidates approach different business scenarios and challenges.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
How you would make a decision without having data to help you with?
Applying for a job at Mollie is a long and demanding process. It starts with an initial conversation with a recruiter, which is fairly general. Next, there is an online technical assessment involving coding and SQL challenges. If successful, you move on to a "code review" discussion with two engineers, followed by a "system design" interview with another pair of engineers. The final stages include a meeting with the hiring manager and a "company values" interview (which I didn't reach).
While I understand that thorough hiring processes help companies find the right candidates, Mollie's approach feels excessive and inefficient. The process requires significant time and effort, and unfortunately, my experience ended with a rejection. Normally, I take rejections in stride, but this one left a bitter taste.
The reason? Feedback from one of the interviewers in the "system design" round. The principal engineer leading that session lacked the ability to guide the discussion effectively, failed to ask relevant questions, and then provided feedback based on topics that were never even addressed. It was a frustrating and disappointing experience.
I hope Mollie re-evaluates its hiring approach to make it more structured, fair, and respectful of candidates' time. Good luck to those applying.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
How would you design a digital wallet (system design interview)
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Mollie (Milan) en avr. 2024
Entretien
The interview included an introduction interview, an offline coding test + questions, a live coding session, a live system design session, and a live leadership principles interview based on the company values.
After the scrutiny process, if you pass the tests, you are expected to have fit interviews with different teams until a good match is found.
There is a lot of flexibility in retaking some steps of the process depending on the specific role (full stack eng, backend eng, platform eng) and ensuring a good fit is found.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Q: What kind of vulnerabilities you can think of in this context