The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Metaswitch (Enfield, England)
Interview
It was a decent day, many people applied for the job and had interviews at the same time so it was more of a group experience. They made us feel comfortable and provided lunch. After a short presentation there was 3 tests, an iq test, a map test and design flow chart of a system test. It became very obvious quickly that they weren't really looking for someone with experience in software as I was the only person in the group from a software background with everyone else having studied in maths and physics.
It felt quite often that their ideal candidate was just the best person at answering their tests and had the highest iq rather than skill in the area. The person presenting the interview even going so far as to say they'd need to reteach all previous coding experience which I felt was a bit disrespectful. Also they showed absolutely no interest in my previous work or projects and instead only focused on their tests.
To me the organisation felt rather stuffy and dull, everyone was nice enough but it was all very serious and it's not somewhere I'd ideally want to work.
They have an online interview with maths and puzzle questions and some coding in Ruby. Later their is an in person interview that includes more puzzle/logical questions and then a pseudo programming test with a discussion about answers and scalability of solutions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a pseudo program for pigeons delivering letters via the most optimal route
Online tests followed by a face-to-face. Tests are very straightforward, the interview tries to make you think, although its clear that they have a structure they want you to follow to hit certain criteria. The people were friendly, but no feedback afterwards.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Question with game like blackjack - make a program that can play it.
People sending messages on tablets - how to solve the issue of them not being received etc. Clearly some link to networking that you either know or don't.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Metaswitch (Birmingham, England) in Dec 2020
Interview
Aptitude tests online and when these tests are passed, an interview is arranged online with two members of staff from the company based upon an hour to prepare responses to two questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Develop a custom game of blackjack using pseudocode or actual code.
Graduate Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Metaswitch with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Software Developer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Graduate Software Developer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
IQ intelligence test: 40%
One on one interview: 40%
Skills test: 20%
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