I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Home Office (London, England) in Apr 2023
Interview
Simple application on line followed by a single stage interview in front of a panel of 3 people; one independent, one the hiring manager and another from the same team
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical civil service questions designed to illicit examples of behaviours or technical skill - "Give an example of a time when..."; the behaviours and skills they will ask you about are clearly stated ahead of time in the Candidate Information Pack (CIP) - Read it! And use the STAR format for responses.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Home Office (Sheffield, England)
Interview
An interview with 2 lead engineers. First was a technical problem about finding words in a word search and then a series of questions about software engineering generally. Things like how do you approach code reviewing. And what software standards do you write code to. Tell us about a time you had to refactor some code. What is your approach to testing
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about all time you had to refactor some code
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Home Office (London, England) in Apr 2023
Interview
3 stages: - CV clearance (standard submission of cv) - Code test (review code for Java and C#, write solution for binary tree without storing memory, include unit tests) - Face to face interview (online, 10 questions - mostly about my theoretical understanding of subjects and how I would approach given tasks). Took around 5 months to conclude.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Varying questions: inversion of control, examples of how I solved issues, testing, security, API artchitecture, agile understanding
