I applied through university. I interviewed at FDM Group
Interview
The interview was nice and smooth, the interviewer is patience and will explain the company structure before asking you questions. The interview took about 20 min, and the interview result came out on the same day as the interview. It was a pleasant phone call interview overall.
I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at FDM Group (New York, NY) in Nov 2015
Interview
I applied through my university and a recruiter reached out and contacted me. We set up a quick phone interview where she asked questions like why are you interested in technology, whats your technology background, what experiences do you have with coding. i think they just want to see interest in the IT world. Then, she told me immediately that I qualified for the in house assessment, where we had a math test (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division so brush up on those time tables), a set theory test (they provide a booklet to refer to so i wouldnt worry about it) and a test on basic mock codes (i dont have a tech background and was able to figure it out). Next you interview with 3 people, each five minutes each. You find out whether or not you got the basically fairly quickly, i would say within the week. Overall, it was an easy and relatively stress-less process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why FDM?
Best class, worst class, time you worked in a team, are you willing to relocate
who's the ceo (i didnt get this but someone said they did)
and if you're going for java development they will ask tech questions
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at FDM Group (London, England) in Dec 2013
Interview
There were about 15-20 people there and when we got there there was a chance to say hi to everyone, then we were taken into a room where the recruitment team gave us a presentation on the company and went through the contract. Almost seemed like they were trying to convince us to join really, which for me was needed.
Then we were given a couple of tests. First was a test on Venn Diagrams, which as a Uni Maths student was ridiculously easy. They gave us a booklet explaining everything to do with Venn diagrams, however I did not even have to pick it up!
Next was a maths test, just basic addition and subtraction, multiplying, but without a calculator. Bit of Trigonometry.
We then had a series of 3 interviews one after the other from different sectors within the company, only 5 minute interviews and they were quite basic questions, they called them strength based as opposed to competency based as they are expected you not to have any previous experience to draw from, like in a competency based interview.
We then had a lunch break where we were encouraged to interact with employees around us. The employees were not very forthcoming, however it was possible if you did just get stuck in.
Then we were back for one last test that just tested our general aptitude for the company. Very random questions in there, some asking you what HTML stood for, some asking what programme is best to set up an employee database. All multiple choice.
After that we were free to go.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
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What does HTML stand for?
Shade in A U B