Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Thought Machine (Londra, Inghilterra) nel mese di apr 2018
Colloquio
The process at Thought Machine begins, uniquely, with a cultural test - essentially a drinks & mingling session with some current developers and other applicants, with a talk with the CEO halfway through.
They then decide if you would fit in culturally there before sending you a 48 hour coding challenge. If they like your solution, you are then brought in for 3 final back-to-back interviews with their engineers - a reivew of your code; an algorithm task; and depending on your experience, either another algorithm task or a system design task.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
They wanted to know why I structured my solution to the at-home coding task the way I did.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. La procedura ha richiesto 4 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Thought Machine (Londra, Inghilterra)
Colloquio
I was contacted by a recruiter. Went through two calls, one with recruiter and one group presentation with a C-level executive. Then, I had an offline coding challenge which took 4 hours to complete. Afterwards, I had a virtual on-site with three calls: one code review, and two algorithmic challenges. After a few days, I was called back and received an offer. After signing an offer, the company also does a background check on your profile.
Overall, I'm very happy with the process. COVID-19 had impacted my employment status, so it was great to receive an offer from Thought Machine. The process was also really smooth, and the company seems to have no trouble transitioning to a 100% remote hiring process.
Domande di colloquio [2]
Domanda 1
Coding challenge in building an object-oriented solution.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Thought Machine (Londra, Inghilterra) nel mese di lug 2020
Colloquio
My interview process was as follows:
- Phone screen with a recruiter
- Take-home coding test (48 hours)
- 1 hour coding review
- 2 1-hour algorithms interviews
The coding test was pretty standard for a take-home test, it's up to you how many of the 48 hours you want to put in to get it up to your standards. The interviews that followed were all back-to-back with small breaks. For the coding review make sure to prepare on how you would deploy or scale your solution and brush up on the technologies involved. Leetcode makes good practice for the algorithms interviews, but the interviewers were very helpful throughout.
Overall my experience was very positive and the recruiter who was handling my application process was very nice and checked in with me throughout! And you can tell Thought Machine gives a lot of value to good engineers.