Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Thoughtworks with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 106 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Thoughtworks overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Thoughtworks as a Software Engineer according to 106 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 18%
Skills test: 16%
One on one interview: 15%
Presentation: 12%
Group panel interview: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Personality test: 9%
Background check: 3%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Thoughtworks (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2017
Interview
1. Phone call with talent scout.
2. Phone call with software engineer, mostly non-technical.
3. Take-home project. 3 options to choose from.
4. 7-hour (!) on-site interview. This consists of random technical and behavioral questions, a pair-programming session (adding features to your take-home project), a personality test, and a logic test.
Overall I thought the interview process was pretty good, but it's such an enormous waste of time if you don't get the job. I think I spent 15+ hours between all the interviewing and the take-home project. It's frustrating to receive a very vague reason like "not experienced enough". My experience and coding abilities should have been pretty apparent from my work history and the project that they reviewed before they called me in.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Choose from three projects:
- finding an efficient route between several points
- parsing strings to translate currency from one format to another
- comparing schedules
Invited for an HR screening only to be immediately rejected for not having enough YOE. If this was a hard requirement why even schedule a call in the first place? A complete waste of time for both parties.
The interview consists of two rounds and takes about a month. It mainly asks about the understanding of the business and the ability to cooperate with others, and also includes some assessment of personal technical abilities
I was referred into Thoughtworks Bengaluru. After a basic HR screen, a PM grilled me on BA-style scenarios. After that, I prepped a two-day case study to roleplay a consultant.