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Java Applications Developer Interview Experience - Tampa, Florida

February 1, 2015
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Started by getting contacted by a recruiter from India. It was very difficult to understand her.

Then, another recruiter called and asked more or less the same questions. Yet a third recruiter set up the actual telephone screen with the hiring manager.

The conversation with the hiring manager went well, and we agreed to a face-to-face for the following week. Unfortunately, his usual work location is in New Jersey, when the work location was in Tampa, Florida. He would be in town for a few days.

No one contacted me for the face-to-face for 3 days, so I began making phone calls. I called all 3 recruiters and finally the hiring manager himself. I left messages for everyone, some more than once. I still heard nothing back.

Then, 8 days after the phone screen with the manager, one of the recruiters sent me an email calendar invite for the face-to-face the day before the meeting was to happen. I currently am working, so I need to have some time to give my employer to take time off. Luckily, I had no meetings scheduled during that time, so it wasn't an issue.

I googled the address they gave me, and it did not match up with the description. I immediately called the recruiter... no answer. I then got another email calendar invite to a location about 3 times as far away. I called the recruiter again. She finally answered. I wanted to know where the work location would be. She did not know since she was in their Chicago office. "That would be a good question for the hiring manager" was what I was told.

I wanted to avoid wasting my time and theirs if I was going to have a 1+ hour commute each way instead of 20 minutes, I simply wasn't going to be interested.

I finally met with the manager and two other employees (one over the phone, the other in person). Sure enough, they decided to move all of the employees from the original location to this new one. I played along and continued to put my best foot forward, even though I more than likely would not accept the position.

The manager was extremely disorganized and rather rude. He kept checking his cell phone during our time together. He did not probe really at all into the technical.

The second person was a much better interviewer and very personable. The third guy on the phone did all of the technical questions. Unfortunately, he was from India, and I could barely understand him. It gets a little embarrassing when you have to ask someone to repeat themselves 3 times on almost every question and still not positive what they said. Then answering technical questions in that exchange is really interesting because you're really not sure if you are answering what was asked. I have no problem working with people from other cultures, but I have got to be able to understand you. I really am miffed as to why companies have people who barely speak English to be forward-facing to potential employees.

In all, a very poor experience. Very disorganized. Communication was terrible. I will not be considering JP Morgan ever again.

Questions

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