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Updated Apr 22, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Financial Engineer at First Derivatives
Posted Apr 22, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 (took 3 weeks)
The whole process was really smooth and rather straight forward. I submitted a CV, was contacted within two days about a phone interview which was brief and only consisted of some basic questions. After that I went to their offices in Newry for two one-on-one interviews which were, again, straight forward with no particularly difficult or tricky questions and they were rather friendly. There was also a logic test which I completely didn't understand but no one else did either and I stil was offered the job so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Financial Engineer at First Derivatives
Posted Apr 7, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Newry, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) (took 5 months)
Company's HR us a joke. They forgot to call me on the Phone Interview and only did the interview when I called them to ask what has happened... I then received an invitation to an assessment center in Newry for which I had to pay my travel expenses. There I faced a logical test which was not mentioned anywhere in the activities of the assessment center. After some weeks I received an automated email saying they will notify me by 1st of April... Guess what, 7 days, 1 email and 3 calls later (nobody came back to any of those) I still haven't heard anything from them... Spare your time!
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Software Engineer at First Derivatives
Posted Mar 5, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Belfast, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) (took a day)
I applied directly to First Derivatives by submitting my CV and was in contact via their HR department. I was offered a telephone interview within a matter of weeks and was told it would be quite a technical interview.
Having interview3ed with financial firms before I know that they like in-depth knowledge of C/C++, STL, certain algorithms and strong maths in general. I had prepared for this. Instead I was just asked about my previous experience; nothing that they couldn't read from my CV. There were no leading questions, nothing designed to highlight any deficiencies or strong suits. They seemed keen to explore my knowledge of TCP/IP and RTP but only after I had mentioned it. The crunch point was when I asked about how much SIP messaging they did. There was a laugh in the background from one of the panel listening in as I was told "That's pretty much all we do". I found this highly irregular.
Things went downhill from here. Figuring I had nothing to lose I highlighted that I didn't have the required A grade in A-level maths that HR should have picked up on, but that I was sure I could pass their programming test. I also asked for a quick turnaround time as I had other roles on. Sure enough a few days later I was turned down for the 2nd stage face to face.
While I don't mind rejection based on academic criteria I find it odd to have been offered a telephone interview knowing that this should have been picked up on. I also don't appreciate panels laughing in the background given what was a genuine question (although admittedly one that could sound rather naive)
If asked to apply again I would, although I'd make sure I redid my A-level maths grade and did any interviews face to face. Preferably with someone who has better interview skills and more polite company.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Software Engineer at First Derivatives
Posted Dec 15, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Newry, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) (took a day)
One of the most easiest interviews I have done TBH. I applied with two other of my class mates but who had 1st while I only have a 2.1 but some how I was the only one who got called for an interview.
Got there and I was put in a room with 6 other people who where being interviewed. Went up the board room and they did a run though of what was going to happen. They spilt us up into two groups one had to listen to a very attractive girl give a presentation on the company while the others did two 1:1 interviews. Then it switched, the interviews where very easy like just asking about my course at college, would I be willing to learn the business side and work from Newry. But they asked me for my Leaving Cert results (which arent the best) and I think this was a big factor because I was got an email a few days later saying that I was a person of interest and they may call on me if they have any projects coming up and need to hire someone quick. But 6 weeks later I got an email saying that after reviewing my file they were not going to offer me a position.
They seem to be very keen on you academic record but still a very easy interview compared to other ones I have had which lasted 4 hours while FD was over and done with in less then an hour.
One of my friends works there and for his interview they had to a phone interview, 1:1 interviews and a group exercise while I only had to two 1:1 interviews.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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First Derivatives Options Program at First Derivatives
Posted May 13, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took a day)
The interview i had was with two people. They were both very friendly. The meeting was informal and fairly straight forward. They asked me to walk them through my resume and asked detailed questions about my past experiences. They put strong emphasis on high academic standings and strong mathmatical skills. I shared some insight on Risk Management which related to the project they were working on and that contributed to the positive outcome of the interview I believe so industry knowledge is also very important.
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Options Programmer at First Derivatives
Posted Apr 29, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Kilkeel, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) (took 2 weeks)
I first had to call the company to be sure I was eligible to apply after e - mailing with no reply. I was told I could send on my application online. The next stage was a scheduled phone interview which was ok. I was asked what I knew about the company, what I knew about the grad. programme I was applying for, would I mind a lot of travel and learning about finance having come from a physics/maths background. That was great , easy, next I was offered to come up to Newry , NI for face to face and group interviews about a wk or 2 later. This started well with 13 or 14 candidates there we were put in groups of 3/4. Then we rotated doing face to face interviews and a group interview and finally a company presentation. first I started with 2 face to face 1 on one interviews , 1st with a woman then a man. the fist went well , v relaxed , I was just taken through my CV, she said she had no Q's prepared! I was asked things like why I chose my BSc,MS c and why I left my last job etc. Next I had the 2nd face to face , I was asked some of the same Q's (exact?!) , then a q about what I knew about their products and what I bring to the company with respect to these products. I set about answering this and was interrupted, actually this happened on a few occasions which really threw me off. Anyway I did well enough overall despite this and was told by this interviewer that i : "did well, you did very well". Finally , our group did the group interview , we were asked to discuss and come u[p with a plan together to how we would go about recruiting 10 top grads and experienced developers if we were in charge of a company. This group session was overseen by a girl who was 6 weeks into the graduate programme that we were appying for (you make up your own mind on that???). Any way I was sent an automated email the next day at lunch time, which I thought wasn't great given we were told all applicants who got to the final stage would be called by phone about heir offer/non-offer, but.......
I went about emailing HR to get feedback on where I went wrong in these interviews( constructive feedback is v important to help with future interviews and applicants appreciate companies who do this, eg Bloomberg are v good for this , v professional ) . Any way I emailed twice with no reply so I ended up calling the company (twice BTW) . Finally an interviewer(not one of mine) got back, he said it was not their policy to give feedback but he would take exception , given my persistance (ie. if ignoring you did not work....) . He gave a vague descript. that ruled out the group part being the reason and also stated I mentioned a certain salary that was "way" above that given to grads. (I was pressed in 2nd one to one for this, and just quoted a no. but stated I knew what the fixed salary was and was happy with that) . I replied stating something along these lines, and he failed to reply.... Over all a terrible experience for me , v v unprofessional company - DO NOT waste ur time with them! Go elsewhere! I have interviewed for many companies and have never been treated as badly as this. Given the time (Cork - Newry and back in a day ), money and prep. I put into it , and not even receiving constructive feedback I thought was v v POOR !!
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Java Developer at First Derivatives
Posted Mar 30, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Dublin, County Dublin (Ireland) (took 3 days)
Interview was very straight forward. Appear to be more interested in someone who's academic and will take on study on the finance side. One interview with a manager and other with tech staff but didn't ask any very techie questions - just went through experience.
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RIDICULOUS! I was offered the position for a very low junior wage (i'm a mid-senior level developer) and they increased the offer and told me to sit tight for a week and they'd sort the contract out next week. THEN after I missed out on other opportunities they said the position was no longer avail and possibly would be a position in 2 months in Newry! Dont waste your time... if you're going to interview with them make sure you keep looking for other positions until you're physically in the door.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Financial Engineer at First Derivatives
Posted Mar 22, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 (took 5 days)
I was called for the interivew - 4 days - they were rescheduling the interview as weren't sure what day will be suitable. When I finally went for it, was really dissapointted - interview was ok, but when asked about duties they said really nothing. MAinly asking about education and plans for future.
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