I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at FDM Group (New York, NY) in Jan 2014
Interview
An Account Manager contacted me to set up a phone interview. It was around 10-15 minutes long where they asked what do I know about FDM and why do I like IT. It was very simple and straight forward if you did a little bit of homework beforehand. They got back to me in a few days to set up a date to come in office for assessment.
Assessment day was roughly 5 hours long and consists mainly of an aptitude test and a 1-on-1 interview with one or more account managers. One hour was given to complete the technical exam. If you browse throughout the interview feedback written by other individuals here, a few of their questions did appear on my exam that day.
After the exam, you await to be called by one of the account managers to conduct an interview with you. For the most part, they were fairly standard questions with little to no technical questions for me. The interview took 10 minutes at most.
That last question is a big one for them. It was asked at the very beginning of the day where we had to introduce ourselves and why we liked IT and came up again during interviews. There were a few individuals who had more than one interview and/or had a technical interview. These were probably for the applicants who applied for becoming a developer because a couple of them had to write code on the spot.
Personally, I only had one interview which went relatively fast and was contacted within 2 days congratulating me for passing the assessment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Literally the hardest questions I was asked during the interview:
1. How well do you work under pressure?
2. What is the role of an application support?
3. Why do you like IT? (Everyone gets to answer that, so try to come up with a good answer)
Everything else was super simple because they were just questions aimed towards knowing YOU as an individual. So there should be no need to prepare for questions like that if you just be yourself.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at FDM Group (Toronto, ON)
Interview
First, the recruiter sends an email and ask for a phone interview. They will ask you about your knowledge about MS and SQL and some basic question about your self. If you pass the screening, then you can go to their office for the final stage. Interview is quite simple but you need to consider the 2-year contract. (40k in the 1st year and 45k in the 2nd year)
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FDM Group (Singapore) in May 2018
Interview
The initial stage was a formal phone interview, it was quite straightforward as the graduate recruiter asked questions based on my resume and why I'm interested in IT. After which were assessment tests based on IT, Venn diagrams, situational, math questions which were quite simple as I came from an engineering background. The last stage was 2 separate interviews with the trainer and account manager. They seemed quite satisfied with my answers, with them replying "good" to some of my responses. After a few days later, I received an email of rejection from them which was disappointing as I've turned down a few interviews as I thought I passed the interview with FDM group and was looking forward to the email of acceptance. The assessments were quite unprofessionally conducted too as some of them were using their phones. Guess it was a blessing in disguise after all as I was told I (most probably) might need to OT and work during the weekends if needed.
I applied online. I interviewed at FDM Group (Toronto, ON) in Aug 2017
Interview
Got a phone call 3 days after I applied online; scheduled a brief phone interview.
Phone interview: mostly questions about FDM; make sure to know the basics of how the company works. I got invited to do video interviews a day later.
Video Interview: skills-based questions are asked in a prerecorded video and you have 45 seconds to answer. Not too hard but some questions caught me off guard. I was invited to the Assessment/Interview Day the day after finishing the interviews.
Assessment Date: I was in a group of 7 people for the assessment day, but I was the only non-developer stream. The day overall was very pleasant; everyone in HR did their best to make us feel welcome and at home. The usual testing was done (math, IT, set theory) and then we were asked to do a "group activity" involving solving riddles while some of us were pulled away for interviews. Strength-based questions were asked again; I was much better prepared after googling around for "strength-based questions" and practicing answering them. Technical questions are asked if you mention them; you don't need to answer all of them to pass but you must demonstrate interest in the IT field
