I applied online. I interviewed at FDM Group (New York, NY)
Interview
Phone Interview was 10~15 minutes
Passed this, then you move onto the next stage which is an assessment.
Assessment took most of the day 9-3 with lunch provided
Consists of 3 exams:
Aptitude Test (Mostly Coding/Logic Questions) - 60 mins
High School level Math Test - 20 mins
Set/Venn Diagram Questions - 60 mins
Consists of 3 Individual Interviews with Account Managers (People that place you at work sites after training) - 2 General/1 Technical ~ 5-10 minutes each
My thoughts:
Phone interview was mostly HR explaining about the company, the 2 year commitment and ability to relocate. It was easy as long as you do some research about their company and know why you want to go into that field.
Assessment day was long mostly because of the back to back tests they give you. Lunch was provided (soda/subway sandwiches/chips) after the exams were over.
The math exam was easy if you know how to multiply 6546*7 then you're good to go. Some square root/square, and a Pythagorean Theorem question (find the 3rd side given one side and the hypotenuse).
The aptitude test may be challenging if you don't know much coding, but they provide examples to cater to non-coders for them to understand the syntax. Some basic while loop questions, and you need to give the output.
Set/Venn Diagram test was one of the longer exams, learn how to do it beforehand from youtube or something. However, they do give you a booklet containing examples to help you understand this part of the exam.
After exams and lunch you wait in the classroom with the other candidates to be called for the interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone Interview Questions:
What do you know about the company?
Why IT?
Assessment Day Interview Questions:
Tell me about yourself
Strength and weakness
Why Java?
Whats Object oriented programming?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FDM Group (Glasgow, Escocia) in Feb 2016
Interview
I was called by a recruiter about the graduate training process. After an initial phone call and chat about the programme I was asked to complete a video interview. After passing the video interview, which was recorded rather than through Skype, I was invited to an Assessment day in the Glasgow office. The assessment day consisted of 3, 5 minute interview which were very relaxed; a 30 minute maths test (basic GCSE maths, used Bitesize for revision); a 1 hour aptitude test; and a 1 hour Venn Diagram test (which was pretty straight forward).
The interviews were very relaxed. It was more of a chat than a formal interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's something in the news about technology that you have found interesting?
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FDM Group (New York, NY) in May 2015
Interview
Met a rep at a career fair and signed up. This was followed by an easy phone screen where they would ask you what you know about FDM, what computer science projects you have done, etc. The phone screen is very easy to pass; in hindsight, you could've probably said anything and still pass. I was then scheduled for an assessment day. At the assessment day, we were first shown a video of the CEO talking about the FDM program. I was then given an insultingly easy test where the questions included basic addition problems; if you graduated middle school, you should be able to pass all of it no problem. One of the account managers then gave a presentation about income and benefits, all of which are incredibly low ($22k before bonus nad I think, other glassdoor reviews have better estimates). This is followed by 3 short interviews with 3 salespeople. I got the offer the next day but I turned it down since I thought this was a bad deal especially with the 2 year contract.