I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at BT Group (Bengaluru) in Apr 2016
Interview
Interview Process is very easy and simple to crack, There is a Written exam followed by F2F interview and HR round. Written test contains aptitude questions from previous CAT exams and Java questions are standard from SCJP. In Interview they will mostly ask Design patterns and Threading questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Singleton Design pattern and all the ways to break it. Singleton behavior in case of multiple JVM's
Was asked why I wanted to join the role standard questions then moved onto a technical Q&A where I was asked about Python specifically and different programming languages that I knew.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain what an object Oriented programming language is.
Good, the questions were in depth knowledge of Java and Reqct. 1 DSA question each round and LLD and HLD in round 2. The final round was on scalability and manager type questions.
I had 3 Rounds out of which two rounds are technical and last is managerial
1. Core Java, Spring boot, Streams related
2. LLD, Design related questions
3. Last Round was behavioural, scenario/situation based questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Java 8 features, Java memory model, sql queries, stream api problems
2. LLD: Design Airline System
3. About project and general discussion
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at BT Group with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at BT Group overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at BT Group as a Software Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 31%
Skills test: 23%
Drug test: 8%
One on one interview: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
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