Consilience Software Software Engineer Interview Questions & Reviews

Interviewed Jan 2012 (took a day)

Initial 30 minute interview with the software team lead. Asked basic Java/SQL questions such as overriding vs overloading, goods/bads of indexes for databases, use of synchornize keyword. Technical questions were very one-after another read from a list, after a bunch of these (~15 minutes for me, didn't really have to think much for each question though), I got to ask questions. From what I heard structure is pretty flat, not much management but there are mentoring program. An individual might be responsible for everything from requirements gathering to testing, or they might be in a small team of 3-4. After the interview the interviewer said I'd hear back within 2 weeks. Interview on Friday evening and recruiter got back to me Monday afternoon informing me that they had already hired some people for the open positions and aren't looking anymore at the moment. The interviewer seems pretty friendly, work culture he said people are willing to help also for suggestions and insights.