I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Thoughtworks
Interview
Analytical round, Two rounds of Coding session and then HR.. Analytical round has flow chart based questions. Coding round has basic programming problems,
I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Thoughtworks (Braamfontein) in Jul 2012
Interview
The first stages of the interview, i.e the screening begin to get you very inspired to work for the company. The icing on the cake comes when you actually get called into their offices for more detailed interviews, like code pairing, psychometric and logical assessments. Though this is the most difficult stage of the whole process, to say the least or rather put it mildly, it is an uplifting process, i think personally within ten minutes of commencing the process i had concluded that if ever accepted to work for TW, i was prepared to let go of everything that i thought i knew(granted it wasn't much), but the guys that you interact with in this stage of the interview process, just make you feel anything but smart in a very positive way, you feel inspired to really begin learning to develop(with them or not with them, but all the same inspired to up your own personal software development game).
Overall though it is an extremely difficult interview process, however it leaves you more inspired than dejected...and i would not have it any other way. I think for me, i was totally overwhelmed and intimidated by the whole experience, and at the same time their visions and values are very inspiring and in a few words demonstrate that they are a people centric organization as compared to being profit driven.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many service stations should you have in Johannesburg?
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Thoughtworks (Chennai) in Jan 2012
Interview
Round-by-round description:
1)Logical test: A test that includes various flow chart like diagrams that tests attention and logical thinking consisting of various iterations. It s easy if one has practice
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2)Find the output, find the code segment that produces required output,etc.
3)They will ask to code a pgm for an inventory problem. The main point is to use OOPS concepts to produce an efficient pgm. Flags concept may also be implemented. HOWEVER THEY LOOK FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF OOPS.
4)2:1 Tech interview:
It will be challenging. Topics are Datastructures, OOPS and Open-source technologies. Questions will be on an advanced level. It is advisable to be very thorough in all basics.
5)Tech Interview:
Concentrates mostly on what is there in resume
6)HR Interview: If one reaches this level it will mostly result in an offer.
They hardly change their questions in the first 3 rounds. The real challenge starts from the interviews where one has to be 100% in all basic concepts in order to clear.
Be confident in all basics and All the best!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A box is divided into 4 boxes which is further subdivided into 4 boxes and so on. What is the best Data structure suitable for this scenario?