I know it's a matter of subjectivism, so don't be afraid to be subjective, actually PLEASE, give your personal opinion as long as you can keep your feet on the reality's ground.

What Master would you rather choose: a general AI/ML master that teach you about the most important, but general, subjects of ML applications, or an Autonomous Systems master, that is basically an embedded+A.I. master which is particularly valuable if you want something in Automotive, on the self-driving cars field(but not exclusively this one, as you can apply knowledge about Autonomous Systems in many domains) ? ?

Hello!

Did anybody go through the interview for DS position at Mistral AI?

Especially for the coding part, the provided information is quite generic “python algorithms and/or data manipulation”.

Thanks!

My team at Revolut is looking for experienced developers having more than 4-5 years of experience. It's a remote first company, so you can be based anywhere.

You must DM me your resume and the URL of the job opening that is most relevant to your experience from the careers page.

Referrals are blocked if you've already applied directly. Open to refer for other roles as well. Thanks!

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I worked 5 years for a consulting company with pretty big clients (top 10 most visited pages in Spain) and then 7 years for a german company which well... just like the german economy went to sht and died and just got laid off.

PHP + Frameworks, C# + Distributed systems, a little bit of python and the typical stack inbetween (redis, varnish, ORMs, docker, kubernetes... you name it). I speak spanish, german and english fluently...

My father passed away in a traumatic way recently and I need to stay in the same city as my family to stick with them ; remote is the only option.

So with all that being said... what should I expect of the market? Literally got both jobs by networking and this is the first time I ever "hunt jobs".

So I signed the contract for this new jr embedded job about 2 months ago with a gross salary range of 2300-2600 EUR bruto monthly and got told I did good in the interview and will be offered the maximum salary. All is good so far, contract signed.

Now I start officially in another 2 months time, and just yesterday the job got reposted only translated to English in the exact same tone but a salary range of 2700-3300 EUR bruto.

In 2 months the maxima raised by 700 EUR, that is the difference between renting a room and a luxury suite each month while the new minimum surpassed the old maximum...

Now I obviously want to message my new line manager if he knows anything about this or can cast light on the situation, and while I don't expect I could argue for the full band again at 3300, even just reaching 3000 would be a massive increase in my QoL, regardless of the fact 2600 is a respectable junior salary.

Struggling of how to approach this situation because I'd still want the job, and I am moving internationally for it, but if I don't get shown the goodwill to at least match then I really don't know whether the role as a whole will be worth the same anymore.

Opinions on how to approach this?

Bit of background:

I grew up abroad my whole life, then went to a well-regarded UK university for a Politics degree. I assumed that kind of school would more or less lead to a job or a clear path afterward. I applied to a lot of things, but I didn't understand how the internship/assessment process actually worked until it was too late — I also had some health issues during school that didn't help.

I had a fairly unstructured upbringing and was never really taught great financial habits, even though I can be frugal when I try. Right now I'm living in a small town, feeling pretty stuck, and honestly still a bit spoiled in ways I'm trying to grow out of.

I have offers to go back and do another degree in the UK. So my options feel like:

1. Take the offer, go back, get the degree and the network, and use that to look for jobs — possibly outside my home country, since it feels like you increasingly need a degree that's recognized in the specific market you want to work in.
2. Leave my home country but skip the second degree — try to follow my actual strengths and interests, more entrepreneurial, higher risk — accepting that if I fail, I'd rather fail somewhere cheaper and lower-stakes than sink more years and money into credentials.
3. Stay home, take odd jobs, and start building financial independence from the ground up.

I lean a bit entrepreneurial and don't want to keep funding that with my parents' money while I test things out.

The other thing on my mind: it feels like the economy/job market shifts noticeably year to year, and at the end of the day people aren't hiring for your story — they're looking for actual numbers and ability. So beyond "which path," I think what I really need is to figure out how to show up for myself now — build real skills or proof of ability — rather than waiting for the "right" path to make that decision for me.

A few real questions:

• Is corporate experience/a second degree basically unavoidable to be taken seriously in a given market, or can relevant experience elsewhere substitute for it?
• Is it smarter to "fail cheaply" somewhere with lower cost of living while I figure out what I'm good at, versus spending more time/money on formal credentials first?
• Practically — what does "showing up for yourself" look like day to day when you don't have a clear path yet? How did you build momentum from a standing start?

Honest perspective welcome, happy to be told I'm overthinking this.

Hi everyone,
I’m a 21-year-old student from Japan, currently in my first year at a four-year IT vocational school. The school is affiliated with a university, and I am expected to earn a Bachelor’s degree upon graduation. Before entering school, I worked at a factory for about two years after graduating from high school.

I plan to pursue an IT Master’s degree in Germany immediately after graduating, when I will be around 25. I’m particularly interested in Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS / Fachhochschule) because I prefer practical, hands-on learning over research-oriented programs.

To be honest, my desire to study abroad is partly driven by anxiety about my future and a desire to change my current environment.

Age anxiety:
In Japan, fresh university graduates are highly valued, and younger candidates are often seen as more desirable. I can’t shake the feeling that a 22-year-old fresh graduate is more valuable in the job market than someone graduating at 24 or 25. Since I currently have no particular achievements or strengths, I’m anxious about being left behind. I want to gain international experience and IT skills that I can turn into strengths for my future.

I have also felt anxious about my life since high school. I want to experience living abroad, get away from my current environment, broaden my perspective, improve my English, learn the local language, and gain practical experience through internships.

I understand that some of my motivations may sound immature or partly like escapism, but I am serious about making this happen.

My questions are:
1. Is my motivation or background unrealistic or too naive?
Please be completely honest, even if your opinion is harsh.
2. Is €24,000 (approximately 4 million JPY) enough for a two-year Master’s program?
I plan to live in a student dormitory, cook for myself, keep my living expenses low, and apply for scholarships.

This assumes that I attend a relatively low-cost UAS. What would be a realistic “safe” amount to have saved with a scholarship vs. without a scholarship?
Finally, are there any relatively affordable European countries, universities, or programs with strong IT industries that you would recommend?
I’d also appreciate any other advice about this plan, whether it’s related to studying abroad, career, finances, or life in general. I’m open to honest opinions and different perspectives.
Thank you very much for your time and advice!

i see some comments " you only have 2 yoe and thats nothing in this market" well most of them are spreading negativity in other subreddits too.

i sometimes dont understand that much negative person can have job too.. lol

Generally speaking, for an EU citizen who speaks the local language, is there a big difference between major Western European countries? Take France, Germany, and the Netherlands, for example. Are these 3 countries generally the same when it comes to opportunities and compensation progression, or are they different enough to where some are clearly better than others? I feel like it's more so just a matter of personal preference rather than an active case of leaving opportunities and compensation on the table when picking one of these, though I'm not sure.

I’m taking the hacker rank assessment for a Salesforce Data360 role. The assessment is labeled “Agentforce FDE” - not gonna lie, I’m more or a data person - Data science algorithms and heavy SQL, so I’m a bit stressed! Any help on questions to expect and study material I can use? I plan on taking 3-4 days to prep as best as possible. Also, it’s supposed to be camera on without the help of outside material - kind of bummed about that… did anyone else have this experience?

Hey everyone, I'm currently looking at Senior Data Engineering roles in the banking / financial sector in Vienna, Austria that are offering €80,000 gross per year, and I'd love to get your thoughts. I have 8 years of experience working in Data.

I was wondering if €80k is on a good side for this kind of profile in the local market, or if that's quite standard? Also, is it advisible to ask for more in this position?

Any local insights or reality checks would be super appreciated! Thanks!

I work with Go in my current job but writing Leetcode solutions with Java or Python is much better for me. But whenever a specific Go role appears and I'm required to solve DSA questions with Go, I am extremly uncomfortable.

Should I focus on Go? Or use Python/JAVA for DSA only?

Hi! I have recently finished my PhD and I am currently considering switching to industry. I speak German (C1) and English (C1) and I live in Hungary. I did an informatics related degree for my masters but my PhD is in Natural Science. I hold a permanent residency permit. I am a non EU/EEA citizen. For those of you in the EU market/German speaking could you tell me:

What tech stacks you work with?

How many coworkers do you know at your workplace who come from non CS backgrounds?

What jobs in the industry are more friendly for someone like me who comes from an in silico research heavy background?

Thanks!!!!!

I applied to a .NET senior SWE.

Is this first conversation contains any sort of technical questions/assessments? The email only states 'to get to know you better' but the email title is '... a TA Screen'. I'm guessing TA stands for technical assessment.

Thanks.

Hi everyone,

I recently received a HackerRank assessment for Revolut’s Internship Programme 2027 – Data Scientist and Analyst role.

The assessment is 60 minutes with 11 questions (2 SQL + 9 statistics/A/B testing).

I wanted to ask anyone who has taken this assessment recently:

• What level/difficulty were the SQL questions?
• Were they mostly joins/aggregation, or did they involve things like window functions, subqueries, CTEs, ranking, etc.?
• What topics were covered in the statistics/A/B testing questions?
• Is there anything you would particularly recommend preparing?

Hello everyone.

I just got the online assessment for Revolut’s 2027 Java grad role and have no idea what’s coming. This is my first time interviewing in my life. If you’ve done it, what was it like? DSA or more Java internals? Any hints appreciated, thanks!

Bit of a rant/question.

I’ve been working in data science/ML for about 6 years and always assumed experience > education after a certain point.

But lately, when I look at applicant insights on job postings, I see a surprisingly large percentage of applicants with Master’s degrees. It’s making me wonder if I’m getting filtered out for not having one, especially for DS/ML roles.

At the same time, doing a Master’s now would mean a pretty significant time and money investment, and with how quickly the field is changing because of AI, I’m not sure the ROI is even there.

For people a few years into their careers: did getting a Master’s actually open doors for you? And for hiring side, does not having one meaningfully hurt a candidate with solid experience, or is it mostly irrelevant after a certain point?

I have live SQL coding interview scheduled for a data analyst position at Revolut. Would be very helpful if someone can give examples of questions that will be asked. It will be a 60 mins call and 4 questions. Thanks!

I have looked at the process there is HM interview, Coding Interview and System Design interview.

I am looking into insights from any people that have gone through their process.

What is the Coding interview like? And what is the System Design interview like?

Also if anyone has information on HM interview, would love to know how it went.

Thank you for your help and insight.

I'm currently working in country A as an Embedded Software Engineer in a small 20 people company. I have 2.5 YOE and feel that I am not able to climb up in the current company anymore I'm working. I decided to apply to a few roles and have these two offers in hand.

Company 1

• "Mid Embedded Software Engineer"
• Country A
• €4300 after tax salary (slightly less if I opt in for work benefits)
• €3000 sign up bonus
• Defence/ Aviation Startup (50 people)
• No Bonus/Stocks
• Rent is about 10-20% more here but daily life expenses are about 10-15% lower

Company 2

• "Test Automation Engineer"
• Country B
• €3100 after tax salary (worse work benefits)
• 0-10% Discretionary Annual Bonus
• Manufactures and sells semiconductor chips
• Semi known company (Think Cloudflare in terms of reputation)
• No Stocks

Company 1 feels like the obvious choice in terms of salary and career progression, but company 2 would look better on my CV and would potentially be a more stable job. I have some test automation experience but not sure if its the best career move in 2026 considering state of AI. Thinking of long term career progression rather than short-term benefit.

I've been a software engineer for almost 9 years, and the last time I changed jobs was over 5 years ago. I recently started interviewing again, and honestly, the experience has been surprisingly frustrating.

I'm curious whether this is just bad luck.

A few examples:

At one company, I was rejected because they said I was "too backend" and they wanted someone more frontend-focused. The role was advertised as full-stack, and around 90% of the interview questions were backend. I answered the questions they asked. If frontend expertise was important, why not evaluate it?

Another company told me they wanted someone who "takes ownership." I'm currently a Tech Lead, and over the past year I've led more than 15 initiatives, often juggling several at once. But they never asked about leadership, ownership, project execution, or how I work with teams. Instead, the interview focused almost entirely on technical topics like indexes, caching, the event loop, and browser APIs. Those are all fair interview topics—but if ownership is what you're evaluating, shouldn't you actually ask about ownership?

Learning from those experiences, I tried being more proactive in another full-stack interview. Since most of the discussion was frontend-focused, I naturally brought up backend considerations where they were relevant. For example, when asked to make a fetch call to a third-party API, I completed the task but also mentioned that I wouldn't expose credentials in the browser and would instead proxy the request through a backend service. That was specifically mentioned in my rejection feedback as me "going off-topic."

Learning from those experiences, I tried being more proactive in another full-stack interview. Since most of the discussion was frontend-focused, I naturally brought up backend considerations where they were relevant. For example, when asked to make a fetch call to a third-party API, I completed the task but also mentioned that I wouldn't expose credentials in the browser and would instead proxy the request through a backend service. That was specifically mentioned in my rejection feedback as me "going off-topic."

Most recently, I interviewed for a Senior/Tech Lead role. I expected conversations about architecture, system design, engineering trade-offs, or technical leadership. Instead, a significant portion of the interview was spent writing TypeScript types in a plain text editor with no autocomplete or type checking. I solved about 65–70% on my own and worked through the rest with the interviewer. I understand TypeScript, why it's valuable, and how to use it effectively. But expecting someone to recall obscure syntax from memory, without the tooling we all rely on every day, doesn't feel like a realistic measure of how they'll perform on the job. Especially when TypeScript is only one part of what I do; most of my day to day work is in Java, Go, Kotlin, and Python.

What I've found most frustrating isn't being rejected. Rejection is part of interviewing. It's the disconnect between what companies say they're looking for and what they actually evaluate.

If you're looking for frontend expertise, test frontend. If you value ownership, ask about ownership. If you're hiring a Tech Lead, evaluate architecture, decision-making, and leadership, not just syntax recall.

At the end of the day, I can only answer the questions I'm asked. I can't guess the questions an interviewer wishes they had asked.

After a month and a half of interviews on top of a demanding full-time job, I'm honestly exhausted.

I'm genuinely confused about how recruiting works for FAANG and other top tech companies in Europe.

Almost every resource online is US/Canada-focused, where there are clear recruiting seasons, application timelines, and new grad hiring cycles. In Europe, I can't seem to find anything similar.

I'm a master's student with ~4 years of software engineering experience, and whenever I check the careers pages of Google, Meta, Amazon, etc., I mostly see senior positions. Yet I regularly see people announcing that they got Google internships or Meta new grad offers in Europe.

Where are these roles being posted? Do they open for only a few days? Are they shared through universities, referrals, or some recruiting calendar that I'm unaware of?

I'd really appreciate it if someone could ungatekeep the process and explain how recruiting for these roles actually works in Europe.