Application Process & Interviews at Iress

Had a few steps: Coding quiz Video interview Assessment centre which involved a behavioural interview, group interview and technical interview

Online interview + on-site interview

It was generally a good experience. Three stages, coding challenge, phone interview and on-site assessment centre. Very standard as with all other companies.

It was both challenging and fun.

Assessment centre involved building Lego with a team to assess teamwork skills. It was very relaxed and light-hearted. Followed by a very causal interview and a job offer the day after the assessment centre.

technical questions ("Which sort is the fastest?") + behavioural questions ("What have you done that shows that you have Iress's values?") + group interview (building a bridge with Lego blocks in a team)

Questions about my background and my previous work. Technical questions on the theory that should be known. Bridge-building.

Technical, behavioural, Agile (team)

Questions about past experiences, volunteer work, situations I have been in where I do not have the expertise, how I would react in certain situations.

Learn some general coding technical skills for the technical interview and do some background research on the company.

Go through the common technical interview questions for the technical interview, and be confident and considerate in behavioural and group interviews.

Personal and group assessment centres are very hard to prepare for and I feel it shouldn't be prepared for at all and should be done based on your true personality and feelings. As such, the full focus should be prepared on the technical component of the interview, such as knowing about networks/databases/concurrency/algorithms/etc.

Prepare for basic IT questions, algorithms and data structures, be yourself - that should be enough

Make sure in the assessment centre you put yourself out there with the Lego building - show off your team working skills.