I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at FDM Group (Toronto, ON) in Nov 2021
Interview
The overall interview process was quick and easy, though the person doing the behavioural was pretty rude (their audio kept cutting off and they didn't even turn on their video! When I said I couldn't hear them you can hear they got pissed. They were very dismissive and you can tell that they didn't want to be there)! The rest of the interviewers and the recruiters pretty nice and helpful. The recruiter send you emails frequently about any updates and also what sort of Qs you should study for the interviews. The tech interviewer helps you out if you forget a question or don't know it.
I got the first call for an interview a day after I applied for the role online. You have 1 telephone interview, 1 technical assessment, 1 pre-recorded interview, 1 behavioural interview, and 1 tech interview respectively.
After the initial phone interview, they schedule you for a technical assessment and a pre-recorded interview , if you pass that you're scheduled for a behavioural interview (20 mins) and a technical interview (30 mins) on MS Meets/Zoom.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Initial Phone Interview:
- When can you start?
- Are you open to relocation?
- When did you graduate?
- What was your GPA?
- Tell me about yourself and your background/work experience
- Tell me about a project you've worked on
- Tell me about a problem you came across during work, and what did you do you fix it?
- Why are you interested in tech/IT?
Technical Assessment (60 mins, 50Qs):
Questions on SQL, Java, Data Structures, Unix/Linux
Pre-recorded Interview:
- What do you do if you are close to the deadline and still have a few tasks left? What you do if you have a deadline and you are behind?
- How do you deal with a new situation? How do you adapt to a new situation?
- When was the last time that u had a set back and how u took it positively?
- What is your hobby? Tell us about it.
Behavioural Interview (Video call):
- What role did you apply for?
- Why did you choose IT/the role you applied for?
- Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years?
- What is your biggest weakness?
- What languages, tools, and software have you used?
Technical Interview (Video Call with tech instructor):
- Pillers of OOP
- walk me through creating a code for storing a list of items
- method overloading vs method overriding
- bash commands/unix commands
- select statements and creating a relational db (e.g. table called customers, table called orders)
- cloud computing Qs (BUT only because I mentioned in knew it in my resume - otherwise they don't ask them unless you apply for DevOPs position)
- SDLC, Scrum, Agile environment, Networking Qs
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at FDM Group (Miami, FL) in Nov 2021
Interview
I applied online and received an email to schedule a phone call.
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I will tell you tho I have been freelancing as a front-end engineer for a year and applied for a front developer role. They said to me if hired for four-month I would get $15 an hour, and after that, 45k first year, which averages to $21 an hour, and 50k the second year $24 an hour. That was a big red flag, but I thought, what the hell? I need the practice for an interview. Their technical assessment was horrible; it looks like a mix of questions for data scientists and software engineers, and database developers.
Hard pass, for so many reasons… and keep in mind a shift lead at Starbucks makes $21 an hour. This company is obviously trying to scam on people who are newly out of college.
I was talking to some people via LinkedIn about this, and a couple told me they still did not find work after four-month that they are sitting on $15 an hour.
There is a vast Reddit thread on the horror stories from this “recruiting” company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is polymorphism? Can you tell me what a relation database is
The process takes from application to interview , it takes around two to three weeks. detailed screen interview. moderate assessment and interview questions. The process takes from two to three weeks from application to interview process. Detailed screen interview. moderate assessment and interview questions.