I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Ocado Group (London, England) in Mar 2019
Interview
Applied through a recruiter then a 2 stage interview process with Ocado.
Travel to Office in Hartsfield, which somehow is described as London but really isn't be prepared to fork out £8 train ticket to get there and when you arrive £5 uber ride to get to the office.
The first interview was fairly straight forward and enjoyable case study.
The final round interview was carried out by two very arrogant individuals, clearly, all the newspaper headline work Ocado do really gets to these guys heads and they clearly think no candidate is as good as them.
The interview was scheduled at 4:40 pm on Friday and these guys clearly just wanted to wrap up the interview and go home before it even began which them constantly looking at there watches as was speaking.
The case study was basically about milk ordering system going down and how you would forecast on temp basis while the system gets sorted out.
Interviewers left 2 min for questions at the end which I think told the whole story that they were not interested at all in making the interview a 2-way process - their arrogant attitude reeked of oppressive hierarchical office culture.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Large focus on what technical projects were carried out in previous employment, be prepared to show you fully understand the work you have done
I interviewed at Ocado Group (Hatfield, East of England, England)
Interview
An informal chat with internal recruiter to help prep for the next steps. Then a Practical assessment of logic and SQL skills. Then an interview with line manager. Than an interview with the team lead.
I submitted my CV and heard back from the team in about 3 weeks. The interview process was very positive. The HR team were quick to schedule interviews, set clear expectations around what each stage of the process would entail, and very responsive.
Multiple Video interview rounds were there and they were on a average difficulty level. Experience is required in the field you’re looking for and will be an added advantage. Can be cracked if proper preparation is done prior to your interview