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      Automation Control Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 15, 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Hatfield, East of England, England

      Other Automation Control Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Ocado Group

      Automation Control Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 27, 2019
      Anonymous employee
      London, England
      Accepted offer
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Ocado Group (Hatfield, East of England, England) in Nov 2016

      Interview

      I applied through a Recruitment company. Once my CV was reviewed and accepted, Ocado asked me to complete online aptitude tests (reasoning/logic). I was invited for an interview which lasted 5h including a test (kind of assembler test made by them) and two interviews with two groups of people.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Calculate the length of the longest palindrome in a string
      Answer question
      2
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Ocado Group (London, England) in Aug 2018

      Interview

      Got called by a recruiter. Had 2 online tests. Process took only 5 days. The interview lasts one full day during which you have another test, 3 technical problems to solve during technical interview, behaviour interview as well as soft skills interview.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      when did you demonstrate an ability to learn ?
      Answer question

      Question 2

      where do you see yourself in 5 years time ?
      Answer question
      3

      Automation Controls Developer Interview

      Jul 24, 2013
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Hatfield, East of England, England
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Ocado Group (Hatfield, East of England, England) in Jul 2013

      Interview

      Firstly there are two online tests one mechanical the other is shaped based complete the sequence. Then there is a face to face for 4 HOURS i kid you not! In which as has been mentioned for their java roles you are given 45mins to answer some programming questions based on a made up assembly type language. Fairly straightforward but actually a bit pointless since it isnt relevant to the role. Then at end of interview if you are still awake you will be asked to work out how many small cubes can make up a larger one from a certain number. Then how many cubes have exactly 2 faces facing outwards, simple enough. Then there is another interview which thankfully i was spared from!.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Well this interview lasted four hours and i really couldnt get a chance to ask any questions, they just want to sell you the company. Aparantly its a good thing they arent making money because otherwise they would be paying tax?! They must think im a retard to think its good not to make a profit! I was told they have spend 10 years working on the automation of their warehouses and basically it didnt work for 6 of those years because the idiotic management outsourced the programming to different firms. As you can guess when they bolted it together it didnt work. The last 4 years since then they have something they call "unified code" and now write all the function blocks for the plcs. These blocks have no servo control, just single bit i/os all the servo systems must be third party. Basically they wasted millions of bankers money and still cant get it run properly/efficiently to make profit.
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