Fun with challenging pseudocode problems.
Visited their office twice which seemed a bit unnecessary as they were not reimbursing for travel.
The interviewers were very understanding when working through problems.
The take home programming challenge in scala was difficult to juggle at the same time as university deadlines
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Quantexa (London, England) in Jan 2018
Interview
Phone conversation
Coding exercise in Java
Two stage interview (both at the office)
Pseudo code problems to solve
Presentation of a major project (for me this was my dissertation)
Lots of chance to talk about experience and I was able to meet plenty of people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you have had to optimise code
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Quantexa in Mar 2018
Interview
The whole process went very smoothly and quickly (2 weeks); All people that I interacted with were very friendly and kind. I felt very welcome!
1) Phone call with internal HR to assess cultural fit and discuss your professional experience.
2) On-site interview with small, yet very relevant coding challenge and some technical questions. You can also ask some questions with regards to the company.
3) Take-home assignment with 3 questions.
4) On-site interview with a discussion of the take-home assignment, presentation of a business case, small coding challenge and a discussion of another business case that is explained to you on the spot. You can also ask some questions with regards to the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- What is the computational complexity of the solution you provided?
- Small brain teaser question