After sending my CV to FDM Group via their website, the next day I received a phone call from a lady (Ms recruiter), informing me that they reviewed my CV and found it interesting, therefore they called me to set a date for 'phone interview'. The phone interview is pretty basic, the questions were: - What FDM does? (To see how much you've researched about them) - Do you know some of our clients names? - Why did you choose IT? (To evaluate your level of passion for your IT) - Why did you choose software development/software engineering? - Where do you see yourself in five years? (To see how goal oriented you are) They also pay attention to your style of communication and how you articulate your answers. Few hours after the phone interview, I received an Email with the title 'Congratulation, you have passed'. It is basically a short email congratulating you, and letting you know that you will receive another phone call to schedule the final step which is assessment day. You will be asked to be present at the assessment centre by 9 A.M. or earlier. We were 12 people in total, 6 from IT background and 6 from Business background. By 9:10 they checked the required documents (passport, driving licence, degree/transcript, proof of address etc.). By 9:30 the head of recruitment introduced himself and asked each of us to - Introduce ourselves - Name the university from which we were graduated from - How did we hear about FDM - Mention something exciting about ourselves. Finally we saw a short video and presentation about FDM, its clients and potentials of working at the FDM Group. After the video and presentation each person is called to have his/her interview. There are 3 one-to-one interviews, each interview lasts almost 5 minutes. My advice for you is to show passion and care for why you chose your course and a deep sense of interest for learning in your career. Interviewers are extremely kind and considerate, so you won't be stressed or worried at all. It's better to pause a bit and answer a sound response rather than respond quickly in panic. After the interviews, you will do Aptitude test. It's combination of intelligence test, mixed with general knowledge in English (tricky questions), general knowledge in IT, general knowledge in Business and management. After the test you will have an hour break. After the break you will do a short Venn diagram test which is extremely easy if you revise and practiced beforehand. And finally there is math test. It is basic math, nothing too complex but be careful some of the questions can be a tiny bit tricky. After the mathematics test you will fill a basic form to fill. It's not a contract, just a simple form to make sure you understood conditions such as 'three months of training is unpaid' and so on. Last but not least, they will contact you in 2 working days and let you know if you've passed the assessment tests.

After a fairly standard application I had a video interview, this was a bit awkward as it consisted of pre recorded questions which you recorded your answers to. It felt a bit unnatural but ultimately went fine. I was then asked along to one of their assessment centres (I attended in London). Started with an introductory talk followed by a quick tour. There were three short assessments on maths, 'IT' and ven diagrams and set notation. The maths test is very basic and they give you a booklet about the ven diagrams but if its not something you've seen before they provide you with revision links that are quite good. The IT test was a bit odd, seemed like a general knowledge quiz come professional aptitude test. Questions ranged from what does HTML stand for to what would you do if one of your colleagues smelled really bad... After these I had three short (very short, maybe 5 mins) one-to-one interviews. I was offered the role but rejected it due to the lack of pay for at least 4 but up to 7 months!