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Updated Jan 28, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Junior Consultant at ThoughtWorks
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Chicago, IL (took 4+ weeks)
Multiple step process, with essays, 3 in person interviews, a management interview, logic, personality, and IQ test
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Negotiation Details
Very rigid salary bands
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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User Interface Developer at ThoughtWorks
Posted Jan 19, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Chennai (India) (took a day)
I was asked to submit an assignment and I sent back the assignment after 3 days. Later I was called for face to face interview and after couple of postponing from their end and it started with a pair programming.
- Pair programming
The interviewer sounded good and we started on some modification with the html. Shockingly his laptop had Visual Studio, eclipse, (he told about another IDE which I i don't remember now) and he was sorry to my as he did not have dreamweaver in his laptop. That's when It striked to me that i'm sitting inside a very dynamic environment which would require whatever the client ask for.
I preferred just notepad for the html, but he choose Visual Studio. He actually did not review the assignment prior to the pair programming. It basically went well but I did not so well on the javascript part as I did not remember the jQuery syntax/methods. While discussing with him I understood their PDLC is not ok.
Note: If you are from a Product company then ThoughtWorks may not be the best choice.
- FtoF interview
Panel members of 2 interviewed me. The questions are below.
What is float? If some divs are floated and those parent is not floated how will you make the parent stretch upto its child. I have few answers and my answers then became part of the condition in the question. They pushed me to answer and gave my hands down.
One of the interviewer continuously pissed me off. He asked what is the thing that I'm comfortable in CSS. Then came the Javascript. They asked to write some snippet given a scenario on white board. In a moment I got the syntax of the object construction wrong and he commented that there is no syntax like this in Javascript. I should have quit the place rightaway but I was patient. He also asked pointing to my resume (which said Advanced Javascript - 25 months) what do I mean advanced here. I directly asked him as if I should remove it? It is attitude.
Then the recruiter came back with the comment saying that they are expecting a resource who can handle both UI and UX which is not a laid down in the JD.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Software Engineer at ThoughtWorks
Posted Jan 12, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 2 weeks)
The recruiter sent questions to me, and after that is a coding assignment, they ask to read all three questions descriptions thoroughly then create a program to solve one of the problems.
* WHEN ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO SPEAK WITH US?
Can you tell us 3 times/dates when you are free? If possible, we will schedule your appointment for the next business day. Don't forget to include your time zone!
* WHAT PHONE NUMBER SHOULD WE CALL?
Confirm the phone number where you can be reached for the phone interview.
* ARE YOU OPEN TO 80% TRAVEL?
Please confirm that you are open to travel to and work at the client site Monday thru Friday, for up to six months at a time.
* ARE YOU WILLING TO RELOCATE?
Relocation is not required if you reside in Atlanta, Austin, Calgary, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, or Toronto. If you do NOT live in one of these cities, please let us know to which of our cities you are willing to relocate.
* ARE YOU AUTHORIZED TO LIVE AND WORK PERMANENTLY IN THE US OR CANADA?
Please inform us of any work authorization you may need now or in the future.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.
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Software Developer at ThoughtWorks
Posted Dec 21, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Pune (India) (took 2 days)
Initially we had an aptitude test which was different from the other aptitude tests that I had already given. It tested your logic. A flowchart like problem statement was given and it was checked whether your mind works the way a compiler or a computer would. Next was a technical interview in which all data structures based questions were asked. Later I was asked about a paper I had written.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Business Analyst at ThoughtWorks
Posted Dec 13, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Chicago, IL (took 2 months)
I first met ThoughtWorks at a University career fair. The next day, I was sent an email invitation to come to a group interview at the office later that very week. We were given a tour of the office, and then given the Wonderlic Test, followed by a logic test that they created to test how you are able to think like a computer and logically.
Two weeks later, I was sent a coding assignment to do. I responded by telling the recruiter that I was interested in a BA role, not developer, and I was instead sent a rather lengthy but interesting questionnaire to fill out.
A week after submitting that, I was given another assignment asking me to come up with a list of questions I would ask clients for whom I'm planning a vacation. Then I didn't hear anything for about 3 weeks.
Three weeks later, the recruiter scheduled a phone interview with me, after which she invited me to a final interview day (7 hours) at the office. At that interview, we started the day with an activity with the other candidates to learn how Agile works, and they observed us. After that, we had lunch with some employees. Then the candidates were split up, and gave presentations that we had been told to prepare to fake clients, with two TW observers (be prepared for curve balls in this presentation). Then I had an interview with the two observers. Then I had two 2:1 interviews, and one 1:1 interview with a VP.
I thought the day had gone really well, but the next week I was informed that I hadn't gotten the job. I did not get much feedback on why.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Design Consultant at ThoughtWorks
Posted Dec 4, 2011 — 3 of 3 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 months)
It was great. For the right person, its a great experience. The interview process was very conversational and put me to ease. Everyone who interviewed me focused on what I could bring to the table. It gave me a very good chance what I could look for. They are very transparent about how they work and what they expect.
I found that this will be perfect for me as I will have free expression to my creativity. I despise deeply structured hierarchy that exist in bigger companies. Here, I will have a lot more control about how I would solve the problems I would have. I can choose to drive my career how I want to, ofcourse it needs to align with the company's ideals.
Interview process was a bit long, considering it was close to the end of the year. The recruiter was great! The people who interviewed be ranged a variety of roles so every hour I was challenged with different perspectives of how my role would be used. The culture interview is important because this will define whether you would appreciate the company culture or not.
Depending on the role the questions are very competitive. Really learning about the company and what their culture is very important. This will not only help you decide whether you would be comfortable working in this environment, at the same time whether you will be a great fit here. As a company they are very transparent and strong about their beliefs.
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Negotiation Details
Negotiation was a little disappointing. I was expecting a bit more, but the benefits they offer made up for the lower package. They have a great set of benefits! Really consider whether this would be a company you would be happy in. Money isnt everything. But when you look at the entire experience, negotiating should defly be tried. They were really ensuring whether I would be happy at the end of the day, which I appreciated. Since this would also reflect in the projects I would get to work at.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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Software Developer at ThoughtWorks
Posted Dec 8, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Chicago, IL (took 4+ weeks)
Had to take a Wonderlic and a Logic test.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Business Analyst at ThoughtWorks
Posted Nov 22, 2011 — 3 of 3 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Chicago, IL (took 1+ week)
The questionaire was a fun exercise to go through. Answering questions like "create a short story (100 words) with the title Red Hat", made it fun to show individualism. Environment seemed like a great place to work for.
Interview Questions
They want you to design and organize a dream vacation for them. Take no more than 1 hour to
write a list of all the questions you would need to ask them during the meeting in order to make
their dreams come true!
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Lead Consultant at ThoughtWorks
Posted Nov 25, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
The interview process was bit lengthy and moved very slowly.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Software Developer at ThoughtWorks
Posted Nov 22, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took a day)
I met with some Thoughtworks reps at a conference. They called me in for a logic test which consisted of 11 flowcharts. Then I was called back the next day and two reps spoke to me in person and asked object oriented programing questions. (i.e how would you create a store that only sells jackets and pants?)
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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