30-minute Interview. Questions about the resume at first. Then I was asked to briefly summarize a report published by an investment bank and answered questions regarding this report. Finally some technical questions on Coporate Finance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about you. What's your biggest achievement in college.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Swiss Re (Zúrich) in Feb 2020
Interview
Straight forward, clear process, the steps were explained before.
First it was a phone interview, sort of intro process, after that I was invited onsite for a 1:1 interview. The questions were related to my previous experience and as well related to the job description
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Previous Experience and Projects in which I was involved
Position was at iptiQ, but advertised by Swiss Re.
First round: a HackerRank test with some simple coding excercises, single and multiple choice questions about HTTP and REST.
After completing it I received the next task from the hiring manager: a coding challenge to implement a load balancer according to a short specification. It's not especially difficult, but takes more time than what the description stated (2 hours).
I sent my solution only to get an automatic reply in a few days informing me that the company will not pursue my candidacy.
I spent considerable time with this application, still I have received no feedback. Did they even checked my code? I didn't have any contact with humans, safe to say that my time was completely wasted.
Fellow candidates, please think about it before you sink in your hours of work.