Advancis interview questions

After applying, I was nicely impressed by the quick response. It was one of those positions I found less 90 % matching with my professional background. Spending enough hours with that test challenge and being happy with my highly professional friend's reviews, I was very optimistic about the next step. The recruiter sent me the test requirements of a Windows application asking me that they would prefer to do it in MFC. The application was about dynamic figures drawing and movement by a timer. I found it quite a nice challenge and I did it close to the "art" approach, including design patterns, polymorphism, modern C++, objects manager etc. That kind of solution you're not ashamed to leave it public. Surprisingly, after their "review" to the test solution I proposed, I got a message that after their analysis my "professional qualifications is not matching" with what are they looking for. So they concluded this after I waste a weekend I would spend with my family, but I am afraid they concluded this while seeing I am not mastering German as they expected and I am not a cheap guy. During the time I had different hiring experiences and I am sorry to say this is the most unprofessional behavior I ever met. In my opinion, if such situations exist they would be obvious from the very beginning and not wasting others time. But I got unprofessional, wasting the time I would have spent with my family. Anyhow, this attitude told me more about this company and, in the end, I consider they made me a favor.

Vor dem Bewerbungsgespräch musste ich von zu Hause aus einen Test absolvieren. Die Aufforderung erhielt ich per E-Mail und musste ihnen eine Bewerbung schicken. Nach wenigen Tagen erhielt ich eine Einladung zum Bewerbungsgespräch. Ich erhielt eine kurze Einführung über das Unternehmen und dann wurden mir technische Fragen gestellt. Alles lief gut, von den Gehaltsverhandlungen abgesehen. Wenige Tage später erhielt ich die Einladung zu einem Probearbeitstag: Ich sollte an einem Computer eine kleine Anwendung schreiben. Am Ende des Probearbeitens folgte eine weitere Verhandlungsrunde über das Gehalt und wir kamen wieder zu keiner Einigung. Mein Rückschluss ist, dass Advancis ein schönes Unternehmen mit einer flachen Hierarchie und interessanten Aufgaben ist, allerdings nicht bereits ist, für echte Senior Developer zu zahlen.