I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Micro Focus (Newbury, England) in Feb 2016
Interview
I applied online, and I received a phone interview invitation within 2 weeks. It was an easy, short - 30 minutes - technical interview, with questions about object-oriented programming, processes, threads, etc.
The phone interview was successful and I was invited for an on-site interview in their Newbury office. This interview consisted of 3 stages:
- Technical interview (programming on a white board in your favorite language)
- One-to-one interview based on your skills and experience
- Short HR interview
I did not receive an offer, and they told me that the reason behind it is that they had candidates who were in their penultimate year of study, while I graduate in two years time from now.
Overall, my experience interviewing with Micro Focus was great. The staff members are very friendly, doing their best to establish a positive working atmosphere. Last but not least, they are willing to provide you with a feedback, no matter if you received an offer or not.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Write an algorithm which visits all nodes of a binary tree.
- medium difficulty
-interviewed at location
-asked all basic questions
- Data structure and algorithms
- Few system design questions
-questions related to project
-multi theading, multi processing
- more on development
It was very pleasant and challenging and engaging and really enjoyed the process, they were really polite and good. Overall had a very good experience. What a company. Very good. Hope they keep up their good practices
The on-site interview is 1 vs 1 interview. The team leader will mainly ask tech questions and ask you to do solve some algorithms. After the tech process come to an end. You may also ask some questions about the company and the work you may do in the future,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce your yourself and introduce the software system architecture used before