I applied online. I interviewed at FDM Group (Toronto, ON) in Jun 2017
Interview
After submitting my resume online, I got a phone interview with the recruiter. Asked questions about the company, what they do, their new graduate program and why you're interested. Then she asked some technical questions about sql like what is the select statement and join. Also asked about my knowledge of excel and had to explain what Vloookup function does. After that I was invited to an on site interview for an assesssment. Assessment day is from 9-2. You do an aptitude test, basic math test, and set notation test (venn diagrams). Then there's 2 one-to-one interviews: 7.5 min behavioural and 7.5 min technical interview. The behavioural interview was straight forward. Asked about my ambitions, my past experiences, etc. The technical interview depends on what skills you put on your resume. Make sure you know what you have written there. The technical trainer gave me an sql problem and had to write down the answer.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at FDM Group (Glasgow, Scotland) in Jul 2016
Interview
Telephone Interview-
4 questions. I found out I passed straight after the questions had ended. Assessment centre was in less than a week.
Assessment interviews-
3 people with 4 questions
Person 1: Competency and scenarios
Person 2: Your degree and how it relates to FDM
Person 3: Technical based questions e.g Apple or Android
In all fairness, all of the other reviews cover all questions you may be asked so definitely read them.
Assessment tests:
Math- 21 questions wasn't hard. Long multiplication, division, BOMDAS, percentages, powers, roots, Pythagoras and simultaneous equations. Dropped only a couple marks.
IT and Aptitude- Probably the hardest. Don't study the IT side that hard because the questions are specific so you may as well guess than spend lots of prep time learning about everything and anything. There's coding output questions, IPv6 vs IPv4, what does SQL and HTTP stand for?
Set Theory and Venn Diagram- the YouTube videos are very helpful! You get a booklet in the test which even contains some of the answers. Only covers Union, intersection, compliment and differences in two sets and three sets. Mostly U questions like AUBUC or AUB'.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Apple or Android?
Three strengths that you can bring to FDM.
What is success at the end of the program?
Sacrifice quality to meet a deadline.