Telephonic, which would be followed by written. then senior guys are going to take F2F interview. The whole thing can take upto 2 weeks after which HR comes into picture.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesco (Welwyn Garden City, Inghilterra) in Oct 2016
Interview
1 Step: Online test. Two simple programs to write in about 120 min
2 Step: Very long interview in Tesco HQ which was about 3h
- 1h - coding in pair programming (Two programs to write with TDD and good Quality in high pressure)
- 1h - general software design
- 1h - discussion with manager (all questions come from defined interview book)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding:
1. Write program which will be calculated score in Poker Game.
2. Modification on the string object (Logic case)
Design:
1. Design infrastructure/software which allows redeem two kinds of coupons (coupon with amount, coupon which can be used more than one time) and avoid use this same coupon in this same time from different location.
2. How would you like to do deploy without having server down ?
3. How synchronize databases ?
Discussion with Manager
1. General questions about your experience and what would you like to do in some cases ?
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Tesco (Bengaluru) in Aug 2015
Interview
One day process which is very straight forward and managed one.
One written test which contain java objective question.
Second f2f discussion on your technical skills.
Third again technical f2f discussion.
Forth a Techno-managerial round.
HR discussion.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
focusing more on threading and core java concepts along with web services.