The first round of the interview was with the program manager and line manager, and the focus was on working experience and technical skills. The second round was an on-site interview with tour of the lab and more questions on relevant working experience.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at MDA (Brampton, ON) in Mar 2021
Interview
Initial screening call with HR for more understanding on background and resume points
1st Interview was via zoom with potential hiring manager and two others - in a panel format
2nd interview was via zoom with the next level of leadership
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us more about the scope of your previous Program Team Leadership position and examples
Please provide an example of program management elements you applied and what was the outcome?
What was the size / financial responsibility of the projects / portfolio you managed?
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at MDA (Surrey, BC) in Jan 2022
Interview
Recruiter calls gets all info about you except don't want to talk about salary. First round of interview with 2 software engineers all technical questions very easy. Then 2nd round with two more senior engineers with behaviour questions . In 2nd round they are interested in how the work is done in your company what's the process within the company instead of your actual experience and some senior members I could still see being rude with response to answers. After all this process recruiter emails back with 'oh I forgot what was your salary expectation ' . And after getting a response which is not too inflated based on current market no response. Such unprofessional experience with such a big name of the company is least expected . So please clarify with the recruiter about salary expectations as first question before letting them check you out .
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Code review of a code written in C++ even though hiring for javascript developers
Implementing a cache system after saying I am sorry I don't have a Frontend question . Ideally they should know that it is also possible to implement a cache system in javascript as well