Comments on: Some tips on The Thoughtworks Interview Process

By: Kris Kemper

Kris Kemper — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:15:23 +0000

You can talk to the recruiter you were in contact with for that information. I don’t believe we ever provide details of the code review. I’ve never heard of a policy that says we must wait 6 months before we reconsider a candidate, but it’s probably a reasonable period of time.

By: Gautam

Gautam — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:30:02 +0000

Hello,

I recently applied at ThoughtWorks, and gave my solution for “Game of Life” problem. But I was not selected. I just want to know if it is compulsory to wait for 6 months before re-applying? or is it possible to try again before that. Also I was not given any feedback about my solution, so I don’t really know what went wrong.

Thank You.

By: Ayush Tulsyan

Ayush Tulsyan — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:19:34 +0000

Hello Kris,

this is by far one of the Most Responsive blogs abt TW…! Seems like u give a lot of time to ur hobby… and i thank u fr that…

I m an engg student (final year) and i m about to appear for my Technical Interview at TW tomorrow.
I am a lil more inclined towards the Business Analyst’s work profile. I believe that i possess great communication skills, i have a thorough understanding of several technologies and coding.

But i’d just want to know a lil bit about WHAT all i need to have to be a good BA…!!!

By: Kris Kemper

Kris Kemper — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:38:09 +0000

I’m not going to tell you how to implement the solution to the problem. Read the problem statement and do your best to provide what is being asked of you.

By: ritima

ritima — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:45:37 +0000

Sir,
i need to know of we can develop the solution for sales tax problem as
windows application form rather than console application…..please do reply
as soon as possible…..its vry urgent
Regards,
Ritima.

By: Kris Kemper

Kris Kemper — Wed, 25 May 2011 23:51:16 +0000

Well, one measure is to judge people on what they know (particularly senior candidates). Knowledge of current and relevent technologies helps, as well as knowledge of good developer practices. There are many areas that are valuable, so don’t sweat design patterns specifically, they aren’t intrinsicly a good measure of a developer, but developers that care enough to learn about them tends to care about many other things as well. Honestly, even without a lot of knowledge, candidates that demonstrate significant passion and aptitude have the potential to be great. We probably value this more than knowledge.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Wed, 25 May 2011 07:23:04 +0000

Hey Kris

Thought I’d add a message to say thanks for this post, it’s very informative.

I recently passed the code submission for a developer job in Melbourne and have a skype technical interview booked for the coming week.

The one thing I’m struggling to measure myself against is the question of whether or not I’m a ‘top notch’ developer. Often I find that with programming patterns/practices the more I read, the more I realise I don’t know!

I was wondering if you’d be able to expand a little on what qualities/experience you think qualifies someone to claim to be a top notch developer?

Cheers!

By: Siva

Siva — Mon, 09 May 2011 06:55:42 +0000

Hi Mr Kremper
Very recently ,I had an telephonic interview with Thought Works for Graduate test Ananlyst position,I guess I did well in the telephonic interview
and I was told that I would get an Test Assesssent to complete and it` been a while that I haven`t heard from them .

What if I could not do Test Assessment properly,will I be rejected?

What kind of questions that I can expect in the main interview?

Any Idea how much time does the selection criteria will take ,probably 2 to 3 months?

Any Info on these questions would be highly appreciated

Sincerely your`s
Siva

By: Siva

Siva — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:21:17 +0000

Hi
As I was searching for more Info on Thought Works ,I accidentally bumped on to your blog and it is very interesting because you have almost replied to each and every one of them and that`s the reason I writing my question.

I have just applied for a graduate tester position at Thought Works Australia.
I had a 6 months experience as Junior Test Analyst and my main role was to test the web based system and it was Manual testing.I just have an over view of the work which I have done as I haven`t tested any thing deeply,but used SCRUM Agile methodology for project in which I have worked on and more over I am preparing for my ISTQB foundation exam.

I was wondering that what kind of questions I should expect from them .How would be the selection process and how long does it take

Any info on this would be highly appreciated

By: Kris Kemper

Kris Kemper — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:50:11 +0000

@Vittal, I apologize for any rudeness that you encountered during your interview. We do our best to have a no-asshole policy at Thoughtworks and encourage a respectful culture, and what you have described is not something that most of us would consider normal or acceptable.

I can’t speak to the technical aspects of your interview, though it sounds like it could have been better. I hope that you had the opportunity to provide feedback to the recruiter you interacted with. We take feedback seriously and you can have an impact on making us better.