I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Andela (Nairobi) in Mar 2016
Interview
The Andela fellowship recruitment process is quite rigorous - they aim to hire Africa's best and smartest. It begins with an online application where you submit the basics - CV, cover letter, educational background, etc. You are then sent an aptitude and personality assessment test.
Stage 2 is the homestudy, where you complete Andela's homestudy curriculum covering the basics of computer science, Python programming, and some HTML, CSS and Javascript. You then sit a proctor test covering everything in the homestudy. The test is divided into 10 sections and could take a couple of days to complete.
Stage 3 is the face-to-face interview conducted at the Andela campus. Stage 4 is the bootcamp - an intensive two weeks ending in a Python project, either a web or console application. The highest performers make it to Stage 5 - the fellowship.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Andela (Nairobi) in Nov 2015
Interview
Starts with an online profiling test, then a 4 minute proctored test after which you get called for the oral interview. The interview lasts between 15 to 30 minutes with 3 technical questions to be answered afterwards in 5 minutes. Each step here is a funnel where only the best are selected from the thousands who apply.
After you pass the interview you are invited to a 2-week BootCamp where you are taught the basics of programming and are expected to build a web application to stand a chance to be invited for fellowship.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if you did not make it into the fellowship?