FDM Group Graduate Program interview questions

I applied for the programme online and received an email from a recruiter the same day asking me to call at my earliest convenience to discuss my application. I called the following Monday and had to call several times before the recruiter answered. She asked me a few questions about why I wanted to work for FDM and then gave me some specifics of the job such as salary and role expectations. At the end of the call she said she would review my application and CV further and call me back the next day. I received no communication on Tuesday and decided to send a quick email on Wednesday just to say I was looking forward to discussing the programme further and received a call back within minutes. The recruiter then told me I was being invited to do a video interview and explained the details of how that will work and also told me that it would be a strengths-based interview even though all the information on their website indicates it will be a competency-based interview. They give you three days from the invitation to complete the video interview on the site they send in an email. I did the online interview on the second day (Friday) and it consisted of 6 questions that would test you against 4 of their 8 core values. The site walks you through setting up your camera and microphone to get the best quality video and then allows you to answer a test question, but does not allow you to readjust the settings after watching your test video. During my answer to the second question there was a malfunction with the site that caused my web cam to flash on and off resulting in the video flashing light and dark the entire time I was attempting to answer. It did not continue through the other questions, but I don't know if the audio was also affected so after I finished I sent an email to the recruiter telling her what had happened and that if it affected their ability to review my interview I would be happy to try it again. I received no response to this email and two working days later received an email from the recruiter that I had been unsuccessful in my application. They did not give any feedback on what had made me unsuccessful.

I've applied online for the Graduate Program (Software development branch) originally in Singapore. 2 days later I got a phone call and they suggested me to stay in the UK, since it would've been easier. The first call consisted of basic questions, like: "Why did you apply to such program" or "Tell me something about your professional/academic career". A couple of days later I received an invite for an online interview, where I found pre-recorded introduction and questions to which I had to answer by recording myself with a webcam. This wasn't that bad, except for the time you have to answer (90 seconds) + 30 for prepare yourself. In 3 days I got invited to the assessment day in Glasgow. Pretty fun day, people were very kind, and the workplace was looking good. The day consisted of: - an introductory speech and presentation; - an office tour; - a math test (very basic level if you have a Master's degree, or at least it should be) with fairly easy sums, percentages, Pythagoras, equation system; - an aptitudinal test, basically percentages, guess the next picture in the sequence, or what element doesn't belong to the set; - a verbal reasoning test, which was very easy and I'm not a native English speaker; - a Venn diagram test, you will get a booklet with the basic operations if you're unsure on what to do. - 3 short interviews with 3 different department people, very straightforward question. Like: "What do you do when you face a setback" or "How would you promote your product with controversial "sides" to a client?". Most of the questions are situational questions like the one mentioned earlier. Assesment day results came the day after, your recruiter will call you with feedback and give you the option to choose when to start the training. Overall it was a good experience, the only problem is that you have to wait at least 3 months without salary. They say that in some areas (software dev) the waiting is shorter, but I can't say if this is right or just a trick to let you stay/join. And that is the reason why I rejected the offer.