Recruitment Stories - Asma's Experience at Cefalo Bangladesh Ltd.

Asma Ul Husna Chowdhury is currently an Associate Software Engineer at Cefalo Bangladesh Ltd.. She completed her undergraduate studies in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Chittagong. While in university, Asma was actively involved in competitive programming and participated in several national-level programming contests.

This article shares Asma’s experience of landing a job at Cefalo Bangladesh Ltd. It provides insights that can be helpful for someone preparing for a similar job search.

Cefalo Bangladesh Ltd. was looking to hire recent female graduates, and Asma learned about the opportunity. She sent her resume via email to the relevant contact person and then went through the following recruitment phases before accepting the job offer:

Phase 1: Technical Assessment

This phase took place at the office premises of Cefalo Bangladesh Ltd. Asma was informed in advance that the sole assessment criteria for this phase would be a programming assessment test. As part of her preparation, she utilized the Codeforces platform to practice solving programming problems. The programming assessment test consisted of 5 problems. The first 4 problems could be categorized as level A/B of Codeforces Div 2/3, and the last problem was related to trees and BFS/DFS.

Phase 2: Interview

The Managing Director of Cefalo Bangladesh Ltd conducted this phase. All candidates who underwent the Technical Assessment attended the interview. The purpose of this phase was to evaluate the candidates’ communication skills in English.

During the interview, the interviewer asked Asma general questions about her educational background. They also discussed the company’s salary structure, rules, and regulations.

Special thanks to Asma Ul Husna Chowdhury for taking out the time to share her recruitment experience with me. If you have any queries, feel free to contact her at asmachycu15@gmail.com