Entry Level Financial Software Developer

Status
Financial Advisor at
Group/Division/Type
Software
City
New York
Interviewed
October 2012
Overall experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Difficult

General Interview Information

Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month

Interview Details

What did the interview consist of?
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Other
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
First I spoke to a recruiter over the phone about my interests in the company and my background. I thought it was going to be a phone interview, but did not turn out to be. Scheduled a 2nd phone interview after and it consisted of basic interview questions, nothing technical. What you know about the company, why this company, etc. Invited to the office in NYC afterwards. It was a really nice place, interviewer most have forgotten about me because I sat there for ~30 minutes waiting for someone to take me into the 1st interview. First was a sit down with a manager who showed me their software, then I was taken to a room where i went over my choice of a C or Java program that was poorly written. I had 15 minutes to look over ~4 pages and critique it. Then taken to a room where I was asked algorithm questions from 2 other people (time efficiency, etc). Then lunch with 2 other people, then more algorithm questions with 2 new people again.

I bombed the 1st part that required you to look over code. I just didn't take the time to brush up on my Java. Did well on the last interview, but the 2nd one was meh. They really want you to kill all 3 and its definitely possible if you brush up on your algorithms and the language you are strongest with (C or Java only)

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