The hiring process at FDM Group takes an average of 14 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Trainee Program had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Trainee Program roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FDM Group
Interview
Video Interview
Very easy. Webapp displays question and gives 45 seconds to think of your answer (or read prepared answers to refresh your memory) and then it starts recording for one minute. Questions given below.
Assessment Centre
1. Arrived 09:30. Day started with an hour introduction to company. During this first hour, instructed to ask person next to you a series of question to learn about them. Then after 5 minutes, you had to introduce the person to the rest of the group.
2. After this, there was a 30 minute maths test, which is 30 minutes long. Revise GCSE level maths (eg Long Multiplication / Division, simultaneous equations, operations on fractions, operations on powers, Pythagoras theorem).
3. Next, was 3 5 minute interviews with different people. The different interviews focused on different things such as FDM & IT industry, your university / degree and general business questions.
4. After this, was 1 hr lunch break. No lunch is provided, which is disappointing considering its a full day. I brought a packed lunch, but many others went to shops that are very close.
5. IT amplitude was next. Generally easy questions such as what does SQL mean but some coding logic questions with if else statements which require some thought.
6. Short tour of the building to stretch legs in between tests.
7. Last test of the day was Set notation and Venn diagram test. You are given a booklet explaining how to do the Venn diagrams, but much better to revise and become competent before the event. Only question that required much thought was working out the Cardinality of the set as it needed you to use an equation given in the booklet. Day finished at around 16:00
Salary for both years is £18,000 basic. For the 1st year you get £2p/hr bonus which comes to ~£21,000 pa and then in the 2nd year, you get £4.00/hr bonus, coming to ~£24,000 pa. You do not get paid for the 12-16 initial training period, but get a £20 travel expenses.
Got offer of a place but declined due to low pay, unpaid training and 2 year commitment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Video Interview
1. What is your understanding of the FDM business model and how the Graduate Programme works?
2. What challenges are you looking for in your next role?
3. Can you tell me about something in IT that you are passionate about? It’s your first day on site as an FDM Consultant; how do you build rapport with your new colleagues?
4. Could you give me an example of a time when you had to overcome a problem to achieve a particular goal?
5. What transferable skills have you gained from your degree that would make you a successful Business or Technical Consultant?
Assessment Centre Questions:
1. Why FDM?
2. What skills do you have that could be useful in FDM?
3. What are your IT strengths and weaknesses?
4. What are you passionate about in the IT industry?
5. How would you show rapport on your first day?
6. What do you think about organisational change?
7. Would you sacrifice the quality of your work to meet a deadline?
8. What would people that know you say you are good at?
9. Why did you choose your degree?
10. Would you choose your degree if given a second chance?
11. What was your best module of your degree
12. What was the worst module of your degree?
13. What was your dissertation about?
at the assessment day there were three tests, one maths, one aptitude, and one instructions based. none of them were hugely difficult, however you will need to practise for each one following instructions that they send you via email. after these tests there were three short interviews, each lasting about 5 minutes
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
about your university/degree choice. knowledge/interests in the IT industry. basic competencies
I applied online. I interviewed at FDM Group (Toronto, ON)
Interview
1. Phone Interview
Asked a series of questions (which I answered really badly) such as 'What do you know about FDM?', 'Why (java) software development?', 'Are you geographically flexiable?' The interviewer also put a huge info dump about FDM Group mid-way of the interview. Afterwards, the interviewer told me I passed and will move on to the next stage, which is the Assessment Center.
You will be emailed the topics that will be tested at the Assessment center, (I suggest reviewing topics if you have not done it in a while, and know how to calculate numbers by hand.)
2. Assessment Center
At the assessment center, there were a group of candidates, and we introduced ourselves. Then there were around four tests which encompass several different topics mentioned in the email (relatively easy if you are computer science) I actually don't remember much but other interview reviews were pretty indepth on that.
During the middle of the day, there will be two types of interviews (one Java and one non-technical).
Java: Will ask mostly Java questions (He will ask for SQL if you put SQL on your resume).
It has been 3 years since I did Java so I could not answer most of the questions
('What is the difference between abstract class and interface?', 'What is an interface?', 'Difference between Overloading and Overriding', Object Oriented related questions)
Non-technical: Basically getting to know your personality. Questions include (can't remember exactly the questions) 'What would you friends describe you as?', 'How do you see yourself in 5 years?', 'If a deadline for a project was changed (to an earlier date or something), what would you do?'
Near the end, a person will explain salary and benefits, and also the disadvantages such as the contract fee if you choose to quit FDM after you complete training. Basically, if you have questions, you should ask them here.
Overall, the HRs and the interviewers were very nice, although the Java person was probably thinking (you sure you know java? ) to me. I think to pass the assessment center, you would need good marks on the test and, express motivation and enthusiasm on the non-technical interview, since they are going to train you in Java.
(They will notify you within 3 business days whether or not you passed the assessment test)
I was accepted but I decided to decline since I don't really like to travel that much after much thought.