I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Acturis (London, England) in May 2017
Interview
Applied through a recruitment agency and got called in for an interview about a week later. I got to the office about 20 mins early so had to wait for a little before being taken to another room to sit a problem solving, data sufficient and verbal reasoning test. The woman explaining the test was absolutely lovely, took her time, offered multiple times to bring me tea/coffee and asked me about my weekend. For all three tests combined I was given 30 mins to complete, which is just about enough time. The problem solving and data sufficient test were relatively straightforward. However, the verbal test comprised of a lengthy passage about something to do with caffeine, it was this test I completely failed, which I am not surprised by. There isn't really much prep you can do for any of these tests. Unfortunately, the pass mark was 18/23, I only got 17 and wasn't able to continue to the next stage of the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Problem solving, data sufficiency and verbal reasoning tests.
Two stages, both general interview questions with a technical portion going through a case study. The first stage included 3 maths/logic based questions. Both interviewers were professional and I felt relaxed going through the case study with them.
Two interviews, each consisting of some general CV review and 'why this company, why this role' etc, some GMAT questions that you will have already done in the online test and a case study in either SQL, XML or neither. Depending on the interviewer they will talk you through the case study sometimes giving you the answer, or they will not help you as much and watch your process. Having two interviews means that the chances are in your favour of getting a good interviewer.
A 2 hour video interview with a senior employee was conducted. The interview was long and included multiple tasks to do with simple mathematical questions and a case study involving XML code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you understand about the role you're applying for today?