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Populus Group interviews FAQs
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Populus Group with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Populus Group overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Populus Group as a Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 20%
Background check: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Drug test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Populus Group in Dec 2013
Interview
Received an email from a recruiter about the specific assignment.
Spoke briefly over the phone with a recruiter. Met the recruiter face to face two days later. Discussed possible salary and benefits options. Negotiated the salary and benefits options for the next couple of days. Upon agreement, I was set up directly with a client interview which was successful.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was just regular technical questions pertaining to the particlar requirement for Full-stack Java web development position.
What is Javascript?
What is html templating?
How do you implement security in a Java web application with Spring?
What is the life cycle of a servlet?
What are the differences between a Servlet and a Spring Controller?
What is the difference between a Set and a List?
How do you sort a list of objects in Java?
What is Hibernate?
How many ways are there to get data from the database using Hibernate?
What is the difference between a left join and a right join?
What is the difference between an inner join and an outer join?
How do you troubleshoot a slow select query?
Ho do you troubleshoot performance problems in a Java web application?