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      Front End Developer Interview

      Mar 25, 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      London, England
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Thought Machine (London, England) in Mar 2019

      Interview

      They process starts with an evening event that you have to go to meet team members and listen to founder or CTO, I found the format interesting but time consuming. After that they send you a “three hours” code challenge (which I am sure any senior dev would need around three days to fully complete it), for me it was a fully working and production ready calendar app, I took it as an opportunity to practice and spent 16 hours coding it (it’s a three hours challenge but they give you 48 hours to complete ha ¯\_(ツ)_/¯), I wrote some tests but did not aim for 100% coverage because that would prove nothing about my skillset and the whole challenge was already unrealistic, also, the hard part was in sorting and positioning the events. If you code is good they call you for a three hours interview, first hour to review your code, second algorithms and third systems design, each hour with two different team members. The interviewers were mostly good besides two, first hour was ok but they complained I didn’t test the app much (bummer), second part was a couple of intelligent algorithms to test my JS/FP skills (very nice guys), third hour was hard, one of the interviewers was inexperienced and quite self-centered and focused most of his energy on asking the same systems designs question over and over, he didn’t know how to nudge a candidate right, nor to realise the candidate may not know the answer he is looking for and that instead he should move on and empower the person to solve other challenges. (By the way, even though it was the first time I was exposed to the specific problem I did provide a workable solution which wasn't excellent - hard to excell without research opportunity or good interviewer). I receive a feedback and they decided not to move forward because my app wasn’t fully tested and I failed in advanced systems design.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How would you design an omnibox?
      Answer question
      2

      Other Front End Developer interview reviews for Thought Machine

      Front End Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 26, 2018
      Anonymous employee
      London, England
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Thought Machine (London, England) in Jul 2015

      Interview

      The first stage is a social event in which the CEO gives a talk about the company and you have a chance to meet the staff and ask questions. I thought it was a nice way to see if Thought Machine is a good fit for me without any pressure or having to do any preparation. After that I expressed an interest and was asked to do a short homework mini-project (you have 48 hours at a time suited to you) and then attend an on-site. I had three interviews on site, each about 30-45 minutes. Everyone I met was very friendly and seemed keen that I succeed. It was a good experience!

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      The first interview is a code review in which you explain your approach to the homework assignment. The next two covered technical skills and a more UX/design focused interview.
      Answer question
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