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      Software Engineer Interview

      15 Dec 2010
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Newry, Northern Ireland
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at First Derivatives (Newry, Northern Ireland) in Oct 2010

      Interview

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Would you be willing to learn the business side of things
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      Software Engineer Interview

      19 Mar 2024
      Anonymous employee
      Belleek, Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at First Derivatives (Belleek, Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland) in Mar 2023

      Interview

      Not very techinal, i did a placement interview and had to do a short exam which wasn't very hard and then had 2 interviews with HR which where ok. Got offered a full time job when my placement was over so didnt have to do a graduate interview

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why do you want to work for FD
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      Software Engineer Interview

      5 Jul 2020
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at First Derivatives in Jun 2020

      Interview

      I applied online and got a 30 minutes telephone interview. The interviewer is friendly. she just asked me some simple general quesitons, like my background, language abilities and so on. No technical questions.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      Tell me more about your background?
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      Question 2

      What is your language abilites?
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      Question 3

      Do you have any relative experiences?
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      Software Engineer Interview

      9 Jan 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at First Derivatives in Apr 2020

      Interview

      First there was a phone interview and then a more competency based interview over Zoom. Make sure you know a lot about the company itself, and the basic structure of kdb.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What do you know about FD? What do you know about kdb? Give me a time when...?
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