I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Jacobs (Columbia, MD) in Oct 2014
Interview
Was contacted by a contract agency about a nearby opening. First, a brief meeting with the agent, then an interview with FNS.
Was interviewed by a manager and the two software engineers that worked there. All was cordial and professional. Gotcha questions were de minimus. Quickly found ways to relate to the three gentlemen.
They had two others to interview before selecting me.
Note that as of July, 2016, that manager has been relocated, and the senior-most software engineer had left the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The thing that sticks in my mind is that the manager asked if I could help them with process.
Recruiter screen > Panel interview
Pretty straightforward and the actual interview was easy. Pure behavioral questions and only a few questions on OOP. Got rejection email about 2 months later
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What kind of projects have you contributed to ? How do you handle conflicts when building in a team?
Quite an easy process: a simple coding task and a simple system design question. It's good to know how to operate on streams and know message brokers. Would recommend taking part in it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cache problem with application.
Write easy coding task and test it using unit tests
I had a first stage half hour chat, followed by a two hour conversation with technical and behavioural questions. I had met the person interviewing me at a conference, and overall it was friendly,
