I applied online. I interviewed at Encircle in Jul 2021
Interview
I received a command line tool task to solve as a first step in the interview process, I completed and sent it although it's a bit different type of tasks.
Unexpectdly, they told me my code ‘didn’t meet their standards’, they provided some comments which I’m not convinced of. I got rejected.
I want to ensure my code passed all test cases, was extendable, used OOP and tried to make it as clean as possible.
It’s also unfortunate to be solely assessed on this task.
I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Encircle (Kitchener, ON) in Jul 2018
Interview
They contacted me and offered to apply for a role of Mobile Developer. Their CTO called me on a phone asking typical questions about my experience and all. Then he said he's going to send me a technical assignment - some algorithm to solve.
And I want to emphasise that he said no matter what the result is going to be they will give me a feedback in any case - positive or negative.
After receiving this assignment I solved it, sent it to this guy and then... nothing. I waited for a week or so and emailed him reminding of that. Nothing. In two weeks I sent him another email reminding that it's been two weeks and I get no reply at all. He replied that he's going to look at it and let me know how it goes.
Never heard from him ever again.
Very unprofessional and disrespectful. Don't recommend to spend your time and energy with them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a command line program that acts as a simple calculator: it takes a single argument as an expression and prints out the integer result of evaluating it.
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