I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at RBC (Toronto, ON) in Mar 2012
Interview
After the initial chat with the RBC recruiter, I had a 30 min phone interview with the hiring manager. We briefly went through my experience. He didn't care about specific languages or technologies, just whether I had build large projects from scratch which I did (16 years in the industry).
Then I went for a test. I was giving a computer and was supposed to code a complete program that reads words from a file, counts the number of occurrences of each word and outputs this stuff in the order of decreasing number of occurrences. The time to complete was 2-3 hours. I couldn't finish the program to the working state, but went maybe 70% of the way. Which was not good enough.
It was pretty brutal, I got tired quickly and could not think straight anymore. Later I was told that none of the candidates before me could complete the test. I feel that this test is not a fair assessment of one's skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Within 2-3 hours write a program that reads words from a large file, counts how many times an individual word occurs and output them in the order of decreasing number of occurrences. The language doesn't matter, just negotiate the programming environment you prefer in advance.
it was a recruiter interview, with 30 mins of behavioural q's. some logistical questions it was very easy i have not done tech interview yet. role was for software developer.
Team meeting, Then you will split off into a private room with 2 senior devs. They will ask you about your experience and projects. Then 1 system design question, 3 leet code questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About my project experience and how i contributed the most. My most proud feature
it waw The interview process consisted of an initial resume screening, followed by a technical interview focused on problem solving and coding fundamentals, and a final behavioral discussion assessing communication skills, teamwork, and overall fit with the role and company.