I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at CGI in Sep 2017
Interview
For round one, I had an interview with one of the recruiters and one of the consultants. I was asked several technical questions based on what I had claimed to know on my resume. They were relatively basic technical questions. I was also asked a few problem solving questions to see how I would solve a specific issue or problem. This interview was approximately an hour. For round two, I went to the CGI office. This interview had a technical portion and a HR portion. They asked me to elaborate more on what projects I have worked on at school and at my internship. They also asked me to work through a couple of problems, for instance how to return certain data from a database they provide, syntax/pseudocode for a function, etc. This interview was approximately an hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you ever had to work on something that you didn’t agree with? (They elaborated and said “for instance, if someone came to you with an idea on how to go about something, but you knew of a better way that was more efficient and could have potentially less bugs, how would you go about that?”)
Basic screening telephone call and then a technical chat. Context and scenario questions followed by more technical ones about Java, Spring, that sort of thing. Were reluctant to discuss client, why hiring, etc.
No behavioural question, just one live technical assignment on call. Asked to code something. After I was done, we discussed the work and my code. No other question was asked.
The interview process was straightforward and went well overall. It consisted of about four interview rounds, with each stage focusing on different skills, experience, and overall fit for the role. I did have a recruiter.
Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at CGI with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 61% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 128 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at CGI overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at CGI as a Software Developer according to 128 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Phone interview: 16%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 10%
Group panel interview: 7%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 1%
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