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      Junior Consultant Interview

      Jul 16, 2013
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Chicago, IL
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Thoughtworks (Chicago, IL) in Jun 2013

      Interview

      Applied online, received a online coding challenge. Completed it and did a phone interview with one of the recruiters. I was asked to fill out a survey and a personality test. They asked general questions, about my experience, why I was interested in TW and what social justice meant to me, very laid back. Then I was invited for assessment day, where they gave a company tour and had us do a wonderlic test and the logic test and a group assignment. The group assignment was a made up consulting scenario where you were to build a house for some pugs and each person was given a bunch of requirements from the pugs, the goal was to create a floor plan and make it as cheap as possible. After assessment day was the technical interviews. The first interview being pair programming with two TW devs. This went OK, one dev seemed very annoyed while the other was very helpful in answering questions. The 2nd part of the interview is with another pair but they were more on the HR/recruiting side where they asked you about your values and thoughts on social justice, and what the 3 pillars of TW were. They also go over the questions you answered in the questionnaire they sent out. The question they went over for me was the "what would you do as president of the world?" I was also asked about what I have done for social justice. After that was a short break and the last interview would be the technical interview with two different TW devs. Here they gave me a hour to prepare a 5 minute presentation on a STEM (science, technology, engineering or math) topic and there would also be a 5 minute q&a. This seemed incredibly hit or miss. One dev would be interested and the other would have absolutely no clue what I would be talking about and just be totally disengaged. After that they wanted me to whiteboard the mars rover problem and talk them through it. The wonderlic was 50 questions in 12 minutes. I must have done poorly because they asked me to do it twice (once at assessment, once at the technical interview). The logic test is not very hard, but I recommend you look at some example problems: http://freshnerpaper.blogspot.com/2012/01/thought-works-placement-paper.html has some. READ the directions very carefully because sometimes it will try to trip you up. IE go to the box number in box 10 (so if box 10 had the number 5, you would go to box 5). Also for the last 3 tests you treat them like a maze it so draw the route that matches the condition and figure out what satisfies that path. The interview was not stressful, but the emphasis is really on object oriented programming. Does the name of your classes and methods make sense? Can you explain the program you wrote? Personally, I felt the whole social justice stichk was incredibly pretentious. The folks I talked with were taking credit for the companys efforts when they themselves do not sound like they contributed anything to the cause. Just seemed really full of it. You can't participate in any social justice causes until 2 years into employment or so anyways. If you're considering TW because you're new at programming and have heard of the great things about TW university, I was told it was more of a consulting crash course where you are thrown into a big simulation. There would be some mandatory classes after TW university for building/deploying applications but a lot of learning will be up to you to do alone. So my advice is don't take this program/career path as the silver bullet that is the only way that will get you up to a professional level - do not get discouraged at all if you get declined. No mentor or teacher will ever get you there, you got to learn it yourself - they can help but remember it is you that crosses the line, stay persistent and passionate. This was a good learning experience for sure and I definitely took the opportunity to ask developers some technical questions of my own - that I always wanted answered. At the end of the day, I was probably not what they were looking for technically (I think I nailed the logic test but bombed the wonderlic and I felt like my OOP knowledge was lacking) but also I don't think it was an exact cultural fit. The interviews were always in pairs and it felt like one person was geninuely interested but another would not be. The interviewers were very professional and kept the atmosphere laid back so I did not feel like I was being grilled or anything. Best of luck to any future candidates.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      5 things you would change as President of the World?
      Answer question

      Question 2

      What classes and methods would you use for the Mars Rover problem and why?
      Answer question
      8

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      Junior Consultant Interview

      Mar 16, 2023
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Thoughtworks in Aug 2021

      Interview

      it is so good. interview panel is so supportive. total there will be five rounds and also their is P3 round where we would discuss about social things 1. coding round 2. Technical Interview 3. Phone Interview 4. P3 round 5. HR Round

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      Junior Consultant Interview

      Jun 6, 2017
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Thoughtworks (New York, NY) in Jan 2016

      Interview

      It was long; I got all the way up to end. Unfortunately, I had an interviewer for the culture test that was flat out sad. I would say how I've always wanted to work for ThoughtWorks and she would say she's totally over it and doesn't want to work there. She also told me how when she went to India for training the locals were pulling her hair. It seemed everything I said she went into the extreme opposite to detour me. It was bizarre, even the 2nd interviewer who was new to ThoughtWorks was giving her side-eye. The rudest interviewer in the world. It's been over six months since the interview, and it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

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      Junior Consultant Interview

      Mar 1, 2015
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Chicago, IL
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Thoughtworks (Chicago, IL) in Feb 2015

      Interview

      Two day process. First day was logic assessments (Wonderlic test, Flow Chart Logic Test developed by ThoughtWorks) and a group project (designing a floor plan for Puggles). Second day was 5 minute presentation on any STEM topic (with 1 hour prep time). Then some technical interview questions. Then a values interview (really a grab bag about anything you put on your questionnaire. Also be aware of what is happening in the world). Lastly, a pair programming exercise where you review your code that you sent in. Just finished the interview so I have not yet heard back on an offer. (Putting NO until further notice.)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is the reward that you gain from helping others learn?
      Answer question
      4