J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 1 semaine. J'ai passé un entretien chez Toptal (Zagreb)
Entretien
It consisted of several interviews: An introductory interview, a short technical interview (mostly discussion of my experience and a few coding sessions), a long technical interview with live coding and specific tasks and an interview with someone from senior technical management.
In general I didn't find the questions too difficult but they did ask a lot of sub questions to probe my experience and I was asked to do a lot of explaining on exactly how and why certain things work. All in all, if you are an experienced engineer that usually takes time to understand how things work underneath you should do well. They were pretty interested in my overall system architecting skills and how capable am I overall to deal with large and complex codebases.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Explain in as much detail as you see fit what exactly happens when you open a web page in a browser.
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Toptal (Cape Town) en juin 2026
Entretien
The interview process has been structured and professional so far. It started with the initial application and screening, followed by an online coding assessment with algorithm-style questions focused on correctness, edge cases, and problem solving under time pressure. After completing that stage, I was invited to schedule a live technical interview. Communication has been clear, with detailed instructions about the interview format, environment requirements, screen sharing, and expectations around working without external assistance. The process feels rigorous and time-sensitive,.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Write a function to return the maximum number of words in a sentence from a given string containing letters, spaces, and sentence-ending punctuation.
Tech screening and then tech interview, leetcode style questions. Then there was a take home project.. not in-person. all done remotely and online. Good interviewers, helpful, easy process and good communication
I applied to Toptal and I'm having an interview days later. What can I prepare for now? I wanna get some details or tips from you. Please help me with your toptal screening interview experience.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
What was the last project you have worked on and what did you do in that project?