Criteo
Builds advertising technology for retailers and brands, including retail media and ad targeting driven by machine learning.
Paris, France
1,000 to 5,000
1,000 to 4,999 peopleNot known
Not known
Not enough signal to say. Check the careers page directly.How they hire
Criteo says there is no single process for every job, so the steps and technical format vary by role and level.
- 1
Recruiter call
OfficialRecruiter screenA conversation about your background, experience and career goals. A call with the hiring manager may follow straight after.
- 2
Interviews with the team
OfficialPanel interviewOne or more interviews, each covering a different area of the job, where you meet potential colleagues and both sides assess fit.
- 3
Technical interview
OfficialTechnical interviewTests the hard skills the role needs. The format varies, for example a case study or a whiteboard exercise, and the recruiter explains how to get ready beforehand.
- 4
Final interview
OfficialFinal HR roundShortlisted candidates talk through their longer-term goals and expectations one more time before a decision.
- 5
Decision and offer
OfficialOfferCriteo makes its decision and extends an offer to the chosen candidate.
What comes up
Recurring themes from candidate accounts, not a question bank. Nobody is served by leaked question lists, least of all you in the interview.
Coding exercises
ReportedOne engineer describes a phone round followed by two further coding exercises on site, and recommends practising algorithm problems.
System design
ReportedThe same account ends with a system design exercise and suggests reading up on distributed systems and tools such as Kafka and Elasticsearch.
Motivation and career goals
OfficialRecruiter and final conversations focus on your experience, what you want next and your longer-term aspirations.
Worth reading before you apply
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A bundle of five company-specific question courses covering the problems most often reported from Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Oracle coding rounds, each split into easy, medium and hard sets with worked solutions. It suits candidates who already know the core patterns and have a loop booked at one of these companies, and want to rehearse on the questions those interviewers are known to ask.
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What it pays
Nothing collected for this company yet, and nothing worth guessing at. A made-up range is worse than no range because people negotiate against it.
Universities they recruit from
No sourced university links yet. A campus drive, a career fair appearance or an internship partnership is what puts a university here.
How to actually get seen
Research Criteo and your interviewers before the calls, and ask your recruiter what the technical round will look like. Practising algorithm and system design problems matches what one engineer reported facing.
Sources
- Criteo websiteread 2026-09-22
- Criteo careers pageread 2026-09-22
- Criteo Careers: How do we hire at Criteo?read 2026-09-22
Whole profile last checked 2026-09-22.
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