I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Redington Ltd.
Interview
They booked me to have a videocall interview with the two hiring manager. Because I don't do tech test unless I speak to the hiring manager.
The hiring managers did not turn up for the interview and had a junior developer conduct the interview, who told me that he started coding a month ago as a career change.
I respected the fella and made sure the interview went well. When I asked him what happened to the hiring managers who were meant to conduct this interview. The junior developer interviewing me told me that he dose not know why but he was only told to take this interview. I had an odd feeling about the whole process but shrugged it off but felt confused on why Redington's managers would arranged a interview to be led by a junior developer with one month of coding tutorial experience. Wouldn't it cost their company time and money to waste.
I completed their programming test which was done using .net core 3.1, C#, docker and K8s.
But they replied and told me that they gave me the wrong test and wanted me to do it again with a new specs.
I declined their new proposal because of the impression of the company I got was that they are not disciplined and have respect for developers or value developers time and resource. I also read bad review about Redington too.
My best advice is to cut your losses with this company Redington or be careful.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mini project i
Project Brief
Our investment consultants are looking for a tool that will allow them to enter probabilities and carry
out basic calculations. The program should also log each calculation for later analysis (No DB required,
text file is fine).
The Calculator
The user should be able to enter two valid probabilities (0 to 1 e.g. 0.5 is valid, while 1.1 or -0.1 is not).
The user should be able to choose from the following functions:
1. CombinedWith: P(A)P(B) e.g. 0.5 * 0.5 = 0.25
2. Either: P(A) + P(B) – P(A)P(B) e.g. 0.5 + 0.5 – 0.5*0.5 = 0.75
What to build
1. Use a technology you feel comfortable with (C# / MVC / React / Angular)
2. A UI which allows users to enter two numbers, select a function, and see the result
3. A log that includes the date, type of calculation, the inputs and the result
What we want to see
1. Maintainable code that is easy to extend
2. Some degree of tests
Be prepared to explain your choices.
We do NOT want to see
1. User Security - Authentication / Authorization
2. Database
Delivery
Please send us a zipped set of source code
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Redington Ltd. (Briston, England) in Feb 2020
Interview
The first stage was a casual chat with a senior engineer, who obviosuly was very skilled at what he did. It was slightly distracting contacting this type of casual chat in a busy canteen, but I got a very detailed view of their technology.
There was a technical test which had to be completed in 72 hours.
The second interview was a video confernce, the two interviewers asked questions covering the submitted technical test and general technical questions.
Throughout the process the talent recruiter was great and even though I did not get the position this was one of the first times I actually got some helpful feedback.
