FDM Group interview questions

Online submission of CV. Brief telephone interview. Assessment day: started late. individual skype interview with accounts manager in Hong Kong, and f2f interview with another man in the building. General questions about what i thought the role was, why FDM, and questions about myself. Both friendly, no opportunity to ask questions. Basic maths test, GCSE level. Presentation about FDM (they were unable to answer to majority of our questions). Lunch (not provided). Two one hour tests. Quick tour of the floor. Day seemed very unstructured, had to wait around a lot. Ended 2 hours later than we were told. Enjoyed meeting other candidates.

First step: Telephone interview What do you know about FDM? Why FDM? Why IT? What do you see yourself in 5 years time? Second round: In person interview: Math quiz full of venn diagrams with basic arithmatic like +/-/x/divison. IT jargon quiz (multiple choice): what is HTTP? what is SQL? what is UML? Programming test (if you applied for programming instead of application support): This is a bit hard to describe but I can only tell you THE HARDEST QUESTIONS ARE "FOR" LOOPS and NESTED IF/THEN/ELSE statements. Suffice to say this is a cakewalk if you read through the first 100 pages of a programming textbook. Third round: Interview with managers Take it as a chat with the stranger at the pub. Keep in mind the managers really want fresh blood on board. I think you have to deliberately sabotage the interview/insult the managers to not to get an offer. The offer: Wonder why the interviews are so easy? Here's why. 1) £18000 per annum salary IN CENTRAL LONDON 2) 3 months of Unpaid training. 3) No gurantee of getting paid after training. (you are freelance consultant with FDM as the exclusive agent) 4) If you resign within 2 years of signing the contract, you are to pay FDM £20000. (I have no idea if this actually hold up in court or not.) To play the devil's adovcate: If you went to a no name university and/or got a 3rd honours/<2.0 GPA, this is for you. They don't ask questions as long as you have a degree. They just need make their message clearer: "We need bodies for cheap labo(u)r and we don't ask questions. If it's either between FDM and stacking shelves at Walmart/Tesco, I think FDM is slightly better."