Made initial contact with recruiters at career fair. Novus followed up via email to schedule a programming test. Test was Java specific, but recruiters stated Novus uses Java and Scala.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SEI Novus (New York, NY)
Interview
Three phase interview - phone screen, technical project, final interview with three engineers. The final interview consisted of systems design, algorithm design, and a behavioral/technical section where you're asked about prior projects and work experience. I was not asked to write a line of code in the final interview.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at SEI Novus (New York, NY) in May 2017
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter who saw my profile on Indeed. First I was given a phone screen where we discussed my resume, then I was given a take-home project. Finally, as I was out-of-state we had a phone conference (in lieu of an onsite) where I interviewed the Senior Systems Engineer, VP of Engineering, and the CTO. I did not get the position because I "did not have enough experience" for this entry-level position, even though apparently I was qualified. Everyone was friendly throughout though, and the whole process took about two weeks
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was given 3 days for the take-home project which I could initiate at any time.
The phone conference had 3 parts:
1) implement a square root function
2) look at production code and comment on it, as well as various things involving fetching pages and how they're rendered on a browser(s)
3) systems design question: how to tailor google autocomplete to an arbitrary user's interests
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at SEI Novus with 3.5 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 55.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at SEI Novus overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at SEI Novus as a Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 29%
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Other: 14%
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