The process begins with an online application form. It's quite a lengthy form, as they ask for all of your grades and so on. Then you get invited to complete an online aptitude test not dissimilar to an IQ test, where you have to perhaps say which shape is the odd one out, or choose which word is the opposite of a given word, and so on. If you pass the test you are invited to an interview, where they ask you to sit another IQ style test (but much harder!) and three further tests in which they give you a scenario and ask you to answer the questions as best you can. After all the tests, there a one-on-one interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Philosophers are trying to communicate their mathematical proofs with one another, but they live far away from each other. They use dumb slaves who carry stone tablets, but the slaves do not know where they are going, and often drop the tablets, breaking them. Can you devise a system where the philosophers can effectively communicate with one another and have confidence that their stone tablets arrived at the correct location?
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%
Group panel interview: 5%
Personality test: 5%
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