I was initially sent a prescreening questionnaire, which was 7 pretty textbook computer science questions. This appears to be a standard GE test, and can be found posted around the internet.

It included tasks such as:

• Draw a class diagram.
• Draw a set of database tables.
• Explain how you would solve a given problem.
• Explain some software testing procedures.

Then I had a phone interview with the typical personality questions – "tell me about a time" sort of questions. A series of relatively basic computer science questions followed – explain arrays, linked lists, hash tables, collisions, chaining, deadlock, threads, mutexes, etc.

Tell me about a time when you came up with an innovative solution to a problem.

Tell me about a time when you ran into an unexpected obstacle in a project.

Tell me about a time when you criticized someone else's work and how you and they handled it. Also the reverse – when you received criticism.