I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at CGI (Halifax, NS) in Oct 2013
Interview
This was simple: their HR reached me by phone and appointed technical interview.
Interview was by Skype, conference call and remote desktop all together.
There were no introductions or greetings. They simply gave me the task and asked me to solve it. It took me longer than they have expected. Once I have told them I have finished the implementation of first part, they said, they have no time for the rest part of interview and bye bye.
That is it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 questions:
1) Implement silverlight application which converts string "<color name>_<number>" (for example "red_1") to textbox properties:
<color_name> - the color name of text
<number> - if number % 2 == 0, set color A, otherwise set color B
You have to use IValueConverter and data binding.
2) write function which takes valid directory path as argument and prints out 10 biggest files in path's sub tree. Use recursive algorithm. <- i din't have enough time to finish it.
It must work without crashes and must show comprehensive error messages.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at CGI
Interview
I attended through campus recruitment. The process started with an aptitude round, followed by a group discussion. After that, there was a technical interview focused on system design concepts and project-related questions. The final round was HR, covering basic behavioral questions and overall fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to explain my project end-to-end, including the system design, database design, technologies used, challenges faced, and my specific contribution to the project.
Moderate level interview and asked basic java and react questions and some coding questions on both tech stack.It was three rounds of interview 2 technical and 1 managerial round.Interview went smoothly and joined the company with in a week.They mostly prefer immediate joiners.
Drive for backend developer interview process is easy for 4 year experience Level-1, and Level-2 and HR discussion will complete in a day itslef. Questions will asked based on resume and our past work experience