Application Process & Interviews at Intergen

The interview has a lot of 'steps' but that is pretty standard among Graduate programs. The process was overall a positive journey and I came away from each moment happy with the knowledge I gained and was never made to feel like I had messed up even if maybe I felt like I said the wrong thing.

I first completed an online video questions scenario. Following that I had an in-person interview with a practice lead, and then a final interview with a practice manager.

The hiring process was quite painless, compared to other places I had applied to. They kept in contact during the process and I wasn't left in the dark as to what was happening. After I applied I received an email asking me to submit a video interview. In this you were taken to a portal online and given questions, you had a minute or so to think about the question then had to record your answer, then submit. You can't go back and do an answer again or re-submit so have to be prepared. After that I received an email asking me to go for an in person interview. For that I went into the office and was interviewed by a junior, intermediate and senior developer, some of the questions were technical some more generic. The guys interviewing me were really nice and it was not scary. After this interview I waited a bit and then got invited to a 3rd interview with the practice lead and practice director.. this was a shorter interview where I just talked about myself mostly and asked any questions about the company..

The interview process was done in 3 steps. 1. phone interview to ensure fit for the role 2. technical interview (in person) 3. final interview cultural fit the whole interview process was professional, but not tense. The team wee friendly and did their best to make me feel comfortable.

3 interviews in total 1st interview was self conducted through video - read questions and answer within time limit 2nd interview was with the team manager and a senior consultant - chatted about the experience I have and got insight into what the company stands and work for 3rd interview was a 1:1 interview with the departments manager and we went through similar questions as with the 2nd interview

Questions were first related to the presentation we were asked to make and speak to based on a case study. Other questions were typical, mostly wanting to enquire about how you would handle specific situations.

They were very comfortable conversations that didn't feel overly rigid. I was asked about my work experience leading up to applying, as well as how I deal with certain scenarios (e.g. risk management or difficult colleagues)

I was asked about why I want to be a developer, what projects the company works on that I would be interested in. Why I'd like to work here. I was asked some technical questions about debugging a solution and database structures, but they weren't expecting super detailed answers as my knowledge at the time was pretty limited. I was asked about my personal projects, times I had worked in a team, what went well and what didn't. Things I have done that I am proud of.

Why do you want to work at Intergern? Tell me a time when you dealt with difficult team members? What is your previous experience?

a friends birthdays coming up, how do I pick the gift? agile working style empathy in working with a team how I deal with stress what do I do if I find something boring and have free time

You need to ensure you come across eager to learn. Even if you know the experience is lacking, make sure you illustrate yourself as someone who is passionate to grow within the tech sector. Use the experience you do have (mine was farming/horticulture) and make it work. Find those soft skills and sell them.

Think of real-life experiences where you have demonstrated certain skills that may be necessary for the role (e.g. leadership, quick thinking, empathy etc.)

Have some idea of the different projects we work on, and what might interest you about them. Also think about what kind of tech you'd like to work with e.g. frameworks and languages etc. Do you prefer backend/frontend? or both? Have some personal project you can talk about and what interests you about software development.

Be yourself, come prepared with previous experiences.

Do research in the company's values and what they stand for read customers stories BE YOU - regardless if you have no experience in what they're asking BE HONEST and be YOU, they don't bite they don't eat you up alive, they're just curious to get to know you more :) Believe and always have faith in yourself, your flaws are what makes the whole of you too - it's an opportunity to grow and learn they don't need a know it all - they want to know how willing and determined you are to learn and grow WITH the company