I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Metaswitch (Edinburgh, Scotland) in Mar 2019
Interview
15 minute initial online test before being invited to sit tests at their Edinburgh offices. Pretty gruelling day of testing and interviewing. You sit several written tests including 2 larger problem solving ones which others have alluded to in their reviews (essentially travelling salesman problem and designing a card game). You get interviewed on those two main problems about why you did certain things and how you could improve. After that the interviewer whipped out my CV and rapid fired a coupe of specific questions at me, I think to see how well you handle pressure.
They said I would hear within a week but it took several weeks and a couple of follow up emails before I got feedback, which was quite detailed and polite once I did get it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer picked a specific topic I had done a project on over a year ago and asked me to give an overview of the theory behind it.
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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