I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at The Jonah Group
Interview
First I had a 30 min. interview with HR. I was asked fairly typical behavioral questions. Second, I was called in for a technical challenge about 2 weeks later. I was given the choice to complete 1 of 3 problems within an hour. I chose the problem where I would have to create a classic board game in java on a regular text editor. I wasn't allowed to use the internet or IDEs but they did provide me with the Java API. That's where my interview ended but had I moved on to the next round, they would have asked questions to test my knowledge on OO design in front of a panel of senior engineers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Strengths & weaknesses
2) Create a classical game(not gonna let you know which game but if you can create any classical board game then you can tackle this question)
2.1) By the way, they aren't unrealistic....they know that its difficult to create a classic board game in an hour so focus on what you deem to be most important
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at The Jonah Group (Toronto, ON) in Dec 2018
Interview
The HR called me and asked me questions about my Resume, the kind of team I have worked with, technologies I am familiar with, the date I'm available to start work, my expected salary, etc.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at The Jonah Group (Toronto, ON) in Nov 2018
Interview
I passed on my resume at a University career fair and was contacted a few months later. There was first a phone interview basically talking about my experience and then a practical test. The practical test was sitting in a room with a laptop and no internet and developing a program based on a test they gave
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your favorite and least favorite subject in University
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at The Jonah Group (Toronto, ON) in Aug 2018
Interview
I applied via LinkedIn and got called by their HR department about a week later. During the conversation, I briefly outlined my career till date and what I was looking for in a new job etc and got told about the company, their work culture etc. This conversation then led to an invitation for a technical test at the company and I went there a few days later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
***First stage was a technical test at the company and the second one was supposed to be face to face***.
I had to write a small Java console application which had a set of input commands. The program took commands and user input (different parameters of one command) and depending on the command, generated output. I had 90 minutes for the task and in my opinion, I did quite a good job and was expecting at least a personal interview after it. But I got an email after a couple of days saying that they are rejecting my application because I don,t meet their sky-high standards and as feedback, suggested that I should concentrate more on code quality and design decisions. I would love to know how many millions were they offering as salary for this position because I suspect it was one of those situations where a company posts dummy job openings in order to show the world that they are expanding and have new openings, but in reality these positions are not there and thus a few candidates would be invited from time to time for a technical challenge and every one of them would be rejected . Additionally, the job openings would be updated regularly to make them seem current.
Java Developer applicants have rated the interview process at The Jonah Group with 2.7 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 85.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Java Developer 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 The Jonah Group overall takes an average of 12 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Jonah Group as a Java Developer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
Group panel interview: 29%
Skills test: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
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