I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Metaswitch (Enfield, England) in Aug 2016
Interview
I applied online and was contacted shortly after making my application about taking an online aptitude test. It was a pretty standard psychometric test, 50 questions long with a 15 minute time limit. After taking the test I was contacted about 2 days later and invited down for an initial interview. This last about 5 hours (including an hour long lunch break) and consisted of 3 tests and a one on one interview. One test was just another, slightly longer psychometric test and the other two were longer, one or two question tests requiring a written response explaining your solution to a problem. I was told there would be a second interview stage but I did not make it through to this point in the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
As this is a very popular role with many applicants, what makes you the person I should hire?
Multiple rounds of tests for aptitude. On multiple days. Basic coding knowledge helpful but not required as they accept people with the skills they are looking for. I interviewed a few years ago so things might have changed
The interview process involves going through a day of tests for which you dont get told what they are.
One was a high IQ test (to justify their arrogance)
One was a verbal reasoning
One was a basic code review challenge
Then there was an interview with a developer. He told me that I would want to work in finance, when finance was not even on my CV! He seemed upset he didnt work in finance. He was very aggressive and lacked social skills at the same time.
Noticeably the office was VERY MALE which was very off putting. All the women seemed to have low level admin jobs which was VERY OFFPUTTING.
Seem to have a fascination with maths grads.
The lady from HR phoned me after to tell me that they had rejected a PhD Physics graduate from Oxford recently for not passing the hiring bar. She delighted into telling me this.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you want to work in finance?
High IQ test (because they are very special)
No CS questions
I applied online. I interviewed at Metaswitch (Enfield, England) in Feb 2022
Interview
An on-site interview consisting of one round of multiple choice mental maths questions and second round of 8 math/algorithmic puzzles followed by an interview discussing the answers. This final interview also asks more genral fit questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Puzzle involving a car going around a circular track with a limited gas tank.
Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Metaswitch with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Metaswitch overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Metaswitch as a Software Developer according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
IQ intelligence test: 35%
One on one interview: 30%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 10%
Personality test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
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