I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Green Diamond Distributors (Miami, FL) in Apr 2013
Interview
They contacted me through Bright.com and a recruiter followed up. I was interviewed twice on the phone; the first one was a simple orientation, while the second involved a Sr. engineer who required me to code and debug on the fly.
After the phone interview I was flown to their node in the Dominican Republic and had to implement their solutions on-site at the Port. I was told, all of their interviews are done in the field, under stress and through team peer reviews. At the end of the day, after I returned to the hotel, I was told to go to the Hotel Spa and was offered a position by the regional Manager, while we sat in our bathing suits on the steam room. I was told to take it or leave it. I immediately took it because the position required me to sacrifice and work in Brazil for the upcoming World Cup and Olympics logistics, who could say no?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Develop an Associative array index for the RFID's of an intermodal container shipping vessel. Find out, through Cold Calling, data about the Port Authority of Santo Domingo that was needed for software implementation. Develop a simple working project with a foreign speaking independent contractor [In this case, the contractor was from Brazil and only spoke Portuguese].
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Green Diamond Distributors (Miami, FL) in May 2011
Interview
How many containers are transported throughout the world everyday? How would you track the real-time location of 10 tons of rice? Explain to a distributor how data about point of sales can facilitate transportation costs.