I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Allscripts in Apr 2014
Interview
The interview process was pretty much the same as the other reviews on here. First one was an HR phone screen. The second interview was with the director of development and another manager. I was asked some basic questions about object oriented programming including access modifiers and other keywords. Talked a bit about multithreaded programming and what I was like outside of work. I got the notion that they actually cared about who I was as a person and my values. The third interview was conducted via Google hangouts. It was about an hour and a half total. There were several other people on the hangout. The director did most of the talking and asked most of the questions. I was asked about my interpretation of object oriented programming and what I thought the main points were. I was also asked about garbage collection in .NET, exception handling (try, catch, finally), and some data type questions. I was then sent a link to write code while all of the people on the hangout watched me. It was kind of nerve wracking. The first piece of code was to reverse a string. I solved it correctly, but they told me there was a much more efficient way of doing it. The second problem was to find the best seat in a row of seats represented as a boolean array. I did not feel comfortable completing the problem in the 5 minutes that they gave me. My normal routine is to create an algorithm and then develop the code after a suitable, efficient, and robust algorithm is created. I was told I could send the solution after the interview. I worked for another hour and a half after the interview and sent them my code. I got an email four days later telling me they could not offer me a position.
After reading all of the same interview experiences on this website, I wonder if they are really hiring anyone, or just waiting for the "purple squirrel" candidates that are super experienced and just trying to find a position after a layoff or something.
In the end, their spiel about hiring a person based on values and personality was just a bunch of talk.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Best seat in a row of seats represented by a boolean array. I was not given an appropriate amount of time to solve the problem. If they judge a prospective software developer on their ability to sling dirty code in 5 minutes, then I'm not sure what they are looking for and I am curious as to who they are actually hiring in. I don't write code and present it if I am not 100% sure it is correct, robust, and efficient. That is not achievable in 5 minutes while 3 people are watching over your back.
One written test followed by 2 technical rounds, a managerial round
and followed by a HR round.
Technical discussion mainly basics OOPs concepts and basics of SQL. They might ask to write examples of OOPS concepts like overloading, overriding and also they might ask to write the query.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They might ask to write examples of OOPS concepts like overloading, overriding and also they might ask to write the query.
Never happened, HR asked me for a good time to schedule a short phone interview and then completely ghosted me. This is extremely unprofessional and I will be telling others to stay away from this company and never do business with them.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Allscripts (Adelaide) in Sept 2020
Interview
The first round I received a call from a recruiter asking about general information;
The second round I chatted with two senior developers. Asked resume questions;
The third round with the hiring manager and another senior engineer
