I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at iDirect (Herndon, VA) in Oct 2011
Interview
There was one phone screen which was brief and surprising as I wasn't expecting a call before an email confirmation about a possible phone interview. I did a decent job apparently as I was called later for an onsite interview.
The onsite interview process was very good. I was interviewed by 2 peers first who gave a lot of importance to my algorithmic skills. I was later interviewed by the manager who was very encouraging during the interview. I thought I did okay. A month later, I was called and told that they would like to hire me.
The work culture seemed very professional and I was told that a lot of stress is laid on taking initiative and learning what is unknown. The team seemed very solid in their fundamentals. I was told that encouragement is given to take up projects of ones liking - which pretty much implies that you are responsible for it from start to finish (covering the basic design to the detailed design, coding, unit test and possibly integration testing) They said a lot of attention is given to follow programming standards. In short they wanted their employees to code right - write code that scales well, can be reused and is object oriented. All that is absolutely true.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the internals of how the GMP library handles big numbers
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at iDirect (Herndon, VA) in Jun 2016
Interview
first an email with a recruiter, then a phone call with HR, then I came into to office for a morning and met with 3 team members and the manager then a follow up with HR
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
skills testing, logic and problem solving, do I want the job, etc.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at iDirect (Herndon, VA) in Apr 2015
Interview
Standard procedure. I was refereed by a friend. My resume is handed to the hiring manager. Received call from the manager a few days later, asking about experiences, background, accomplishment. Then a onsite interview is setup, and I met with five different groups of people on the other day. White board coding in C++. Not very difficult questions. But need get ready.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at iDirect in Jan 2015
Interview
phone screen and onsite interview. during the phone interview, very simple questions about the c and operating system. onsite interview is all about chatting. Not hard to get the answer to each question.
