I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners (London, England) in Mar 2023
Interview
1. Online Application 2. Initial interview with Hiring Manager 3. Technical coding assessment 4 .Technical & behavioural Interview regarding the code assessment. 5. Asking more related to knowledge about how can we handle situations about starting a new project or refactoring an existing one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
* Behavioural Interview Questions * Situational Questions * Technical questions based on the skills/ expertise mentioned in job description.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners in Jan 2025
Interview
- Screening Call
- Take home test
- 2 to 3 hour long interview with Pair Programming and Competency questions
Did not proceed as job title outwardly states remote working, but internally "could not guarantee" as "it depends on the team"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you work from Bracknell or London on a weekly basis
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners (London, England) in Aug 2024
Interview
I was shortlisted and sent a technical test to do. This had a 3 hour time limit. The test was to basically create a mock online store to a design provided to you. This was fairly easy. I spent about 4 hours on the test in total.. and I quite enjoyed doing it.
I got feedback a couple of days later informing me that I had been rejected due to my solution not being absolutely perfect. By that I mean, not adding extra types (types were already provided), not making every element fully accessible, having colours slightly off from the designs... I mean, I get it, but I also think it's a bit unrealistic to ask for that amount of perfection in a 3 hour test.
They did praise the good things about my test.. which seemed to outweigh the negatives but I guess being nitpicky is expected in the current job climate.
Overall, wasn't a bad experience, and they provided decent feedback, just didn't agree with the expectations of a short task. In hindsight, JLP probably wouldn't have been a good fit for me anyway. It is what it is.