I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at ION Group (New York, NY) in Nov 2022
Interview
Unfortunately, I would believe the other reviews... complete waste of time. I applied end of October and then had one zoom 30-minute behavioral interview 2 weeks later. After, I was invited and flown out to their super day at the end of November. The day before the super day, there was a meet and greet where they were relatively leading about the job offers. The next day there were 3 20-30 minute interviews, case prep, and then a 15 min case presentation. One of my interviews was supposed to be 20 minutes and the interviewer didn't give me more than 5 minutes. Overall, an extremely disappointing and pretty unprofessional experience. So much stress and energy were wasted, only to receive an email that I didn't receive the position a month later. They also said they would reimburse our expenses... have not yet received any reimbursement.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you use data to solve a problem? How did you solve a problem when not all the data was given?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at ION Group (Milan)
Interview
Dopo un primo colloquio positivo con le risorse umane, ho preso parte al loro test tecnico. Ho una laurea in matematica e mi era stato assicurato che non sarebbe stato svantaggioso per questo test, grazie alla presenza di domande di logica, inglese e un codice da compilare in un linguaggio a propria scelta. Per i primi due argomenti non c'è stato alcun problema ma la fregatura (per la mia preparazione accademica) è stata la parte di programmazione che, contrariamente da come mi era stato detto, consisteva in 3/5 del test e soprattutto era infattibile per qualcuno con le mie conoscenze. Ovviamente nei giorni successivi mi è arrivata una mail con scritto che non volevano proseguire con me per il lavoro.
Quello che posso dire è che non possono pretendere che fisici o matematici abbiano quella padronanza nella programmazione.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
HR:"Qual è stato un' esperienza personale che ti ha dato soddisfazione nell'arco dell'anno?"
Test tecnico: il programma usava le ArrayList.
Zoom with two employees who had gone through the program. Asked fairly basic questions. Was told I would hear back either way in the next couple of weeks but it took months for an eventual rejection.
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Question 1
What is one improvement you would make to an existing product?
Submit application, received Games then first round interview with two employees online, the second round is going to be a case interview on site, that is all i have to say
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What do you know about ION?
2. Why do you want to work at ION?
3. Could you tell me an example where you take ownership of a project?
4. Could you tell me another example where you take ownership of project?
5. Which value of ION do you think that aligns with you perfectly and why?
6. Why do you want to work in the fintech industry?
7. Could you give me an example where you challenged status quo?
8. What is your approach of conducting research?
