I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Connected in Feb 2019
Interview
Interview to decision took 2 weeks. First was a short 30 minutes phone interview. In 2 days, an onsite interview was arranged with few members from the test team. The onsite interview was 1 hour long. After 2 weeks the final decision was
Onsite interview questions were pretty straightforward and it was a whiteboard interview. Since it was for the Test role, all questions revolved around testing, test planning, and test organization.
Questions were asked in a vague way in order to analyze thought process, clarification of design, and in general to see if I was in the right track to solve the problem. With every question, the problem became clearer and the interviewers did a great job with clarifying. In the case of deviation of thoughts, they were also prompt to steer back to the right track.
Overall, the experience was very good and Connected is doing a great job with their interview process. Everyone was friendly, welcoming, and makes the whole interview feel more like an exchange of ideas rather than an interview
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Given a use case, organize the tests it in a easy to read format
Whiteboard question to a code snippet:
1. What the code returns
2. What was the problem with the code
3. How to test it
4. How to optimize it ( there was a nested for loop with was O(n^2) )
I applied online. I interviewed at Connected (Toronto, ON) in Dec 2018
Interview
Phone interview. Asked a lot of behavioural/ past experience questions. I applied through their website. Next interview was supposed to be with the IT manager. However, I did not get an offer from the HR.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What past experiences do you have related to this position?
I applied online. I interviewed at Connected (Toronto, ON)
Interview
1 hour interview in person with two developers. Some technical questions along with a whiteboarding exercise. The two interviewers were friendly and cordial. That part of the process was completely fine.
I was sent an email to say that they wouldn't be proceeding with my application, but there was zero feedback on the interview. I followed up asking for some feedback, and I was rebuffed. This is a big red flag really, be careful.
It is always important to provide feedback to candidates, positive and negative, in order for that person to take something away from the experience. Everything up until that moment was fine, but the refusal to provide feedback leaves a sour taste.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Whiteboard: Describe what the function does, rewrite it to be more efficient.