I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tessella (Abingdon, England) in Apr 2019
Interview
- Basic video interview about me and cv
- Spent a day at the company head office, doing coding exercise, presenting uni project, going on a lunch. basically emulating typical work day
- final interview with head of department
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When deploying code what things do you need to consider?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Tessella (Abingdon, England) in Jul 2016
Interview
First interview: 60 min meet and greet, informal chat about personal past, present, future and motivation
Second interview: technical interview, coding challange (~4 h) in C++ plus individual inteviews/chats in between, plus a 5' presentation on an arbitrary topic.
All expenses paid for on site, professional interview process, nothing sill, no dumb questions,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding challenge specific questions on your implementation, i.e. dynamic polymorphism keywords, inheritance vs. composition/aggregation.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tessella (Abingdon, England) in Oct 2015
Interview
The first stage of the interview is to complete an online form including providing work experience and a CV. This stage was typical of that of other companies.
I was then invited to a first interview at the Abingdon office. The interview comprised small talk, followed by some questions about my work experience and soft skills, as well as a section testing my programming and IT knowledge. I was then asked about my preferred work location, start date and pay.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Various questions on programming knowledge, eg. what is a function, how do arrays and vectors work, so on.
