I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tessella (Warrington, North West England, England) in Apr 2021
Interview
I applied online with a CV and cover letter. I got an email a few days later inviting me to an interview, which was about an hour long and 1 on 1. The interviewer was very nice, mostly questions about my experience with data science and my master's project and different programming languages I knew. I was told I would hear in 1-2 weeks about the next stage, now four weeks later I have heard nothing, despite an email asking for feedback. Given that I spent lots of time preparing I think the least they could do is inform me of the decision and give me a few lines of feedback. Perhaps they don't want to say that they rejected me because I said I wasn't comfortable working in the defence industry.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you have any ethical objections to working int he defines, nuclear, oil and gas industries or with big pharmaceutical companies?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Tessella in Oct 2021
Interview
The 1st interviews was okay, talked about my experience and why I was interested in the role. The 2nd interview though as a full day affair, starting at 9am going all the way till around 3 pm.
The first part included a coding exercise to see your coding ability, this involved a sheet with a few questions about making a password generator. Quite engaging and I believe a good test of ability. Then talks with different members of staff, some just a small talk others for getting to go through your projects.
Then after lunch a review on your coding.
After this it was a presentation with a senior member of staff on a subject you had prepared and later end talks. Over this was a good experience though if a but longer then needed.
After that I waited to hear my feed back, unfortunately that never came and I was just informed I was unsuccessful. How disrespectful. After hours and days of preparing they didn't give feed back. This may be a good company but there interview process need to be re thought and they need to learn to respect people who put so many hours into the interview process.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Tessella in Jun 2016
Interview
My interview was done over Skype. The interview was fairly relaxed and I wasn't asked any difficult questions. Most the questions were about my academic background and my experience and skills. I was told before that the interview could take up to an hour but my one took 30 minutes.