Application Process & Interviews at FDM Group Advertiser Testing

In order: - 1 phone interviews - 2 face-to-face (skype) interviews: HR, behavioural and technical - IT Aptitude test

1. phone interview 2. Formal interviews 3. assessment centre

The recruitment team responded to my application within a day, set up a follow-up phone interview, followed by a skype interview the next week. The whole process only took a week, and I started two weeks after I was selected

4 Rounds: 1- informal phone interview, 2 - formal phone interview asking what you know about the company, why you want to work for their clients, 3 - Assessment Centre, 4-interviews with an HR, Sales and training representative, 4 - online assessment if you pass the assessment centre

1. Telephone Interview 2. Assessment Centre (composed of (2a) Technical Interview, (2b) Sales Interview, (2c) Behavioural/Competency-Based Interview, & (2d) Technical Aptitude/Psychometric Online Exam

Prescreen phone interview, Assessment Centre with strengths based interviews and then an aptitude test

Assessment day consisting of multiple interviews

Why do you want to work for this company? Where do you see yourself in the future?

A variety of technical, background and behavioural questions to ensure I would be able to cope with the training program and would fit in well with the rest of the team.

What do you know about FDM? Why would you want to work for their clients? (mostly financial) Why IT?

Strengths based interviews

Why I want to work in this field, what I know about IT in the finance sector, what makes me suitable to work with their clients

Research well why you want to work in IT and why you want to be a consultant. Know yourself and be mentally prepared to face the ups-and-downs of working as a consultant. Be proactive and find time to always improve yourself

Its best to research the company, make a note of what strengths they are looking for, and recall past experiences that demonstrate that you meet those strengths

Commercial understanding of what role you are going into. Give examples for every single question

Reflect on your achievements and think about what the company is looking for