The hiring process at FDM Group takes an average of 14 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Trainee Program had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Trainee Program roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FDM Group (New York, NY) in Jul 2013
Interview
Applied online and then they contacted me for interview. The interview contains one skill test and 1:1 interview with the trainer. Overall, the interview is quiet easy.
I applied online. I interviewed at FDM Group (Toronto, ON)
Interview
Initially applied through their website under the Graduate Program. I received a phone call a month later asking me if I was still interested and if she can book a short phone interview (15 min) in a couple days.
I received the phone interview a couple days later, which lasted about 10-15 minutes, and was asked questions mostly about their company and a bit about myself. Phone call was mostly about her explaining to me about their company and the next steps if I passed the phone interview.
Next I I got invited to the assessment day a day after. When I got there, there was a group of us waiting to be interviewed. First half was just them talking about the company and us introducing ourselves. Then came the 1 hour technical/logic test. Most questions were pretty simple and it involved some computer knowledge, basic math, logical knowledge, flowcharts, and regular expressions questions. Know about programming arrays and loops and how they work (IF, ELSE, WHILE) because they have a programming question where you determine the final value of a variable after it has gone through the loop. After, they do the 1-on-1 interview. They judge you on 6 criteria, which are:
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Commercial awareness
- Teamwork skills
- Logical thinking
- Technical aptitude
Overall, it wasn't too bad but took longer than expected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Did you do research on the company and can you tell us about the company?
What can you tell us about our graduate program?
Have you worked with Java before and what are your experiences with it?
Any other languages you speak?
Assessment Day Questions
1) Sort from highest to smallest: GB > TB > KB > MB
2) Exactly three films—Greed, Harvest, and Limelight—are shown during a film club's festival held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Each film is shown at least once during the festival but never more than once on a given day. On each day at least one film is shown. Films are shown one at a time. The following conditions apply:
On Thursday Harvest is shown, and no film is shown after it on that day.
On Friday either Greed or Limelight, but not both, is shown, and no film is shown after it on that day.
On Saturday either Greed or Harvest, but not both, is shown, and no film is shown after it on that day.
Which one of the following could be a complete and accurate description of the order in which the films are shown at the festival?
a) Thursday: Limelight, then Harvest; Friday: Limelight; Saturday: Harvest
b) Thursday: Harvest; Friday: Greed, then Limelight; Saturday: Limelight, then Greed
c) Thursday: Harvest; Friday: Limelight; Saturday: Limelight, then Greed
d) Thursday: Greed, then Harvest, then Limelight; Friday: Limelight; Saturday: Greed
e) Thursday: Greed, then Harvest; Friday: Limelight, then Harvest; Saturday: Harvest
3) Take %25 off of $200 and then take another %20. (No Calculators allowed)
4) The bag with the black and white balls question they usually have on the test. You can find the question somewhere in this site, as others have already posted it.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at FDM Group (Londres, Angleterre) in Dec 2013
Interview
There were about 15-20 people there and when we got there there was a chance to say hi to everyone, then we were taken into a room where the recruitment team gave us a presentation on the company and went through the contract. Almost seemed like they were trying to convince us to join really, which for me was needed.
Then we were given a couple of tests. First was a test on Venn Diagrams, which as a Uni Maths student was ridiculously easy. They gave us a booklet explaining everything to do with Venn diagrams, however I did not even have to pick it up!
Next was a maths test, just basic addition and subtraction, multiplying, but without a calculator. Bit of Trigonometry.
We then had a series of 3 interviews one after the other from different sectors within the company, only 5 minute interviews and they were quite basic questions, they called them strength based as opposed to competency based as they are expected you not to have any previous experience to draw from, like in a competency based interview.
We then had a lunch break where we were encouraged to interact with employees around us. The employees were not very forthcoming, however it was possible if you did just get stuck in.
Then we were back for one last test that just tested our general aptitude for the company. Very random questions in there, some asking you what HTML stood for, some asking what programme is best to set up an employee database. All multiple choice.
After that we were free to go.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
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What does HTML stand for?
Shade in A U B