I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at NorthPoint Solutions
Interview
I had spoken to a hiring manager few times before this. The process was simple, some called me and spoke to me for over 45 mins.
After that I went in 4 times to meet different members of the team, wasn't asked anything specific. Wanted to know how I think. Everyone was pleasant to talk to.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked a question on which they were working on (about threading)
The process took 2 days. I interviewed at NorthPoint Solutions in May 2011
Interview
Interviewed with two consultants and one project manager. The project manager interview was done on a second day. The two consultants asked if I worked with specific technologies - i.e. Maven and Ant, and each consultant gave me a trivial coding problem. One was figuring out how to swap items in an array. The other is a little more difficult to put into words but it involved using print recursively, it wasn't anything too tricky though.
The interview with the project manager was pretty extreme. They expect consultants to be keeping up with technologies outside of work by reading books and blogs. The guy asked what blogs I've read recently, books I've read, and to explain to him about what you read last. He wanted me to apply something I learned from a book to a past project. He asked about productivity tools I used including which text editor I prefer. He also asked to explain the business processes at my last job. Asked about final, finally and finalize in Java and which version of Java I used previously.
Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at NorthPoint Solutions with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at NorthPoint Solutions overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at NorthPoint Solutions as a Associate Consultant according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 13%
Background check: 13%
Personality test: 13%
Phone interview: 13%
Drug test: 13%
Skills test: 13%
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