I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at AJ Bell (Manchester, England) in Apr 2021
Interview
I only had the initial face-to-face interview. It was with two interviewers, they both didn't bother with any small talk or the usual pleasantries. The interview started immediately as soon as I signed on.
The main interviewer was a bit abrupt with the questions and change of topic. They asked the same question multiple times even though I'd already answered them previously in the same call. The tone and general atmosphere was not friendly and I felt like the questions were designed as a "gotcha" question in order to mark me down.
The main interviewer also came across as very arrogant and dismissive which is a huge red flag for me.
The interviewers didn't seem interested in having a conversation and seemed like they had better things to do. The end was also a bit abrupt.
This was the worst atmosphere for an interview I've ever been in and it is enough to make me want to stay away from this type of environment.
I believe this was more of a hazing ritual than an interview. Stay away.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What happens when you type in a url until you get the page you requested?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at AJ Bell in May 2024
Interview
Very thorough, the interviewers were direct and to the point with good feedback and good questions. The technical test took a few hours, but is not difficult if you have built APIs before. I spent a lot of time looking up the technical wording for the industry to understand what was being asked. The interviewers asked me to walk through the code base, explaining my reasoning and thought process for each part. It was nice to go over it in person, considering how much time I spent on it.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at AJ Bell in Nov 2022
Interview
Stage 1: Telephone interview
Stage 2: Take-home test which was an option of 2 tests
Stage 3: Zoom interview to discuss the implementation of the test plus a general question and answer session
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at AJ Bell (Manchester, England)
Interview
2 Stage
Interview was a two stage.
First stage was general discussion about personality and experience.
Second stage was completely competency based with a real time scenario and it's solution. Overall it was great experience.