I applied online. I interviewed at Tessella (Abingdon, England) in Apr 2010
Interview
I applied by online, I first received a phone call for the first interview and arranged to have it next week. After the first interview I received another phone call for the second interview. Second interview involve a programming task and a presentation of your choice.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tessella (Abingdon, England)
Interview
First interview was over the phone. It was roughly a 1 hour interview going over my interest in the job, and questioning my coding capability. It was not a difficult interview at all, and felt more like a conversation than interrogation.
The second interview was at the Abingdon office, and started at 9AM and finished at 4PM. I was giving a programming task that I worked on throughout the day, with numerous interjections for other presentations or lunch. I was asked to deliver a short presentation on any topic, showing presentation skills. At lunchtime, I was taken to a pub and spoke 1:1 with the staff member. I was also shown a presentation of the work done by the company. At the end of the day, I presented the work I had done on the coding task. The coding task not very difficult, but I had no experience coding with internet so felt quite strange.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is polymorphism?
What programming languages do you know?
What are your salary expectations?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tessella (Abingdon, England) in Jan 2013
Interview
Very simple CV and cover letter, heard back promptly to confirm I had been given a phone interview. The HR team were very patient as I was still in Uni and working a lot, meaning I re-arranged the interview a couple of times and they were very understanding. The phone interview was very basic, covered CV and motivation, asking about some background of me and basic programming ability. Once this was complete I heard back the following week, being invited to an assessment day/ interview.
The day was started at 9am where you had a brief introduction and outline of the day. I was very quickly taken to my desk introduce to my helper for the Java exercises. The exercises was set and a book was given to help with it. My helper checked in a couple of times and seemed impressed with how well I was getting on. I was then taken for lunch with a manager which was very relaxed and we spoke in detail about the work being performed at the company. Finally I was taken back to the office, showed around and asked to keep working on the exercise until I was taken for my interview with one of the directors who was very friendly and seemed interested. I finished off my Java and was shown some work one of the teams were working on. I finally had to demo my program and talk two HR people and my helper how it all worked.
The day was very enjoyable and relaxed. A de-brief was given and I was sent on my way after being told I would hear within 2 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Java exercise which was quite simple using inheritance etc.
