I applied through other source. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at SG Digital (London, England) in May 2019
Interview
It was very friendly and reassuring. I was contacted from within the company so the HR manager I spoke to had all the knowledge about the job. The initial telephone interview was friendly, the following test was flexible in terms of what language I wanted to do it in. Then there was another telephone interview after which I had clear feedback on my strengths and weaknesses. That gave me an opportunity to prepare for the final interview. The final interview was also friendly - they checked all my previous "weaknesses" and said that there's a good improvement, then there were a couple of tests: programming and database where they were helping if I took the wrong "turn".
No one was trying to show me that they know more than me, no tricky questions to check my stress levels and the HR manager always came back to let me know the outcome and what the next steps would be. Thanks to that it was easy - not the actual questions but the approach of the company to their recruitment process.
BTW: great office, career progression routes, people and benefits.
The only reason I didn't accept the offer because I was offered to work from home by another company and given I have 2 kids it was wiser to accept that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
MySQL: I was given 2 tables and 3 SQL-functions and requested to write a join query to provide requested results. We spoke how to optimize my query with table-indexes.
Programming: Going through a list of values print out boo/foo/etc if the current value matches x, y, both or none. This could be done in pseudocode. Only logic was tested not the actual programming language.
Overall: We spoke about DNS, HTTPS, Restful Apis, cookies, AJAX
First approached by HR through a phone call on basic HR interview questions, for example, experience, salary expectations, notice period, etc. The manager conducted a phone interview on basic technical questions, then a face-to-face with a senior developer and the team lead on simple scenario-based design questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a join SQL query for some records, then optimise it
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at SG Digital (Melbourne) in Oct 2021
Interview
Applied online, got a phone interview in around 1-2 weeks.
Another follow up online interview within a week after that
- first hour general CV dive
- second hour technical test and discussion about it
I applied through other source. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at SG Digital in Apr 2021
Interview
Initial interview with HR, which was positive and left a good impression
Technical interview with Software Engineers, which was probably the opposite. I got the impression they weren't 1sy language English, as the questions were, at times, badly phrased or difficult to interpret. The interview didn't seem well planned, nor was there a positive or attractive 'feel', so within a few minutes I felt like it was a bit of a 'battery hen' feel to the company.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Questions around lists and maps - how to order and sort them
Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at SG Digital 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 63.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at SG Digital as a Software Developer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Drug test: 33%
Presentation: 33%
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