I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at MediaGeniX (Brussels) in Feb 2020
Interview
Several interviews, HR and technical. I had an abstract reasoning test. All were online and in a professional way. The main focus was on the analytical skills and Object Oriented Programming.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at MediaGeniX in May 2020
Interview
I received the typical "tell me about yourself" HR call which lasted for ~30 minutes.
Then they said they weren't looking for someone for the job I applied for and they suggested a totally different position for me ...
Except that this position was using old technologies and had absolutely no perspective of future evolution so I declined of course.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself
What projects did you work on
Why did you left your last job.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at MediaGeniX (Dilbeek) in July 2019
Interview
The process was very fast, in roughly one week, I heard about the company, had the technical interview, the HR online test and got the offer.
For some reasons, I had first the technical interview with 3 people: 1 non-technical, 2 technical people. It was more of a discussion / presentation on what I did previously (and when I enjoy doing) than a classical question-answer type of interview, so it was very interesting. They were very chill during the discussion, and they also explained on what kind of projects I could work on. They were open to let me work on multiple challenging projects inside the company (which I was looking forward).
Shortly later, HR called me back saying they were very happy with the first interview. And as HR is used to ask every candidate to complete an online Hudson test, they asked me to complete one. It was the first time I had to take that kind of test, and I was significantly below average (based on the feedback I received). They did not expect that, but still go forward with an offer.
I have the impression that if I did not have the technical interview before that online test, I might not have been allowed to take the technical interview (otherwise, what would be the purpose of that test?). So I still wonder the usefulness of asking the candidate to do this Hudson test.
The offer was "between the lower range and reasonable" for a software engineer, but too low compared to other companies with a greater need of my experience in distributed systems / data engineering. That is a shame as the work atmosphere seemed pretty nice and the challenges were very interesting. But I would still be happy to work for MediaGeniX in the future if a new opportunity arises.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a bit what you did previously, and what you are looking forward to work on?