The process typically involves 2 to 3 main stages: HR Screening/Intro (Phone/Video): Standard motivational and behavioral questions. Discussion of salary expectations, company culture, and mapping your past projects to eMAG's scale. Technical Challenge / Take-Home Task: Candidates may receive a short coding assignment (e.g., 2-4 hours) to be completed offline, often focused on practical application of design patterns or database interaction. For Senior roles, this could involve architecting a small microservice or resolving a specific performance problem. Technical Interview (Live with Team Leads/Managers): This is a critical 60-90 minute session focused on deep PHP knowledge, system design, and problem-solving. This is where most candidates report the difficulty level increases.

The steps of the interview process were: - Interview with some from the HR department - Coding challenge to build a game - Technical interview after I submitted the test and questions about the implemented solution The process was quite fast and I got feedback during each step.