I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at OpticsPlanet (Northbrook, IL)
Interview
It was a pleasant experience. I was 7 rounds of interview but the team was extremely warm and friendly. I absolutely loved the experience. The first round was a telephonic interview from the recruiter. It was behavioral and extremely comforting. The second round was by the technical head wherein I was asked questions on Object oriented programming, a few SQL queries and my experience in the industry. The third round was a coding assessment wherein a PHP file is sent and a design pattern needs to be implemented in a couple of hours. The last round is a personal interview by 4 team members 1:1. The process is slightly hectic but extremely interesting. It worked for me as I was prepared to be interviewed for about 4 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Object oriented programming concepts, design patterns in PHP and technologies mentioned on resume
I applied through other source. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at OpticsPlanet
Interview
First interview, very casual chat with manager. Second interview with system architect; if you talk to him, be prepared to talk a lot about design patterns. Third interview with someone who asked the same questions as the system architect.
Interview questions [6]
Question 1
One question was the difference between an abstract class and an interface. Interestingly, my answer, which was 100% correct, was unsatisfactory, yet the next place that interviewed me (and hired me) asked the same question and said "exactly!" when I gave the same answer.
You have a jar of magic worms that reproduce every second. If you start with one worm, and it takes the jar a minute to be filled to capacity, how many seconds in will the jar be one-quarter filled?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at OpticsPlanet in Sept 2016
Interview
The interview is three parts
1. Phone interview. This was a friendly conversation with questions to determine if you knew the basics of OOP
2. Programming test from home. They send you a php file with directions on what they want you to do and you have 2 hours to complete the task. I thought this task was difficult but can be done.
3. I'm guessing in person Interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Part 1. They asked about basics of object oriented programing. what is inheritance, give me an example of a sql command
Part 2. They sent a php file with about 400 lines of code and wanted me to implement a design pattern to that code. You have 2 hrs to complete the task.
