Fusion Alliance Interview Questions
& Process

I had a call with the hiring manager first who told me about the company and checked if my career goals aligned. After that, I had an onsite technical interview with two senior staff members. During this interview, I talked about my past work and answered some basic Java questions. It was pretty relaxed and I felt it went well. The next day, the hiring manager called me and said they agreed. They set up a lunch meeting with the lead of the Java discipline so we could get to know each other and see if it was a good fit. He thought it was, and I got a verbal offer that evening. I didn't end up taking it though, just because I got a better offer elsewhere.

The company seems to have a tendency to not get back to candidates, which I've seen before. I had to follow up on emails both times I interviewed here. This time, I had an in-person interview with some people from the digital team. Two of them said they didn't have much coding experience but were still making websites. They kept it professional and asked questions based on what they knew. The third interview felt more like a game, with questions like 'If I could be any animal what animal would I be?' and 'How do you think you would fit into our group?'. The questions were pretty basic and felt a bit insulting. I tried asking questions and talking, but most answers were generic or didn't really address what I asked. It was hard to tell how the interview went because it felt like a game and not serious. While I don't mind having fun, asking those kinds of questions to make decisions is unprofessional, especially when I had to keep following up. It really felt like I was playing a game the whole time.

I uploaded my resume to their site, but their software messed it up so I had to reformat it. Then I had to answer a bunch of questions, like how I keep up with tech, and a race questionnaire. That whole part took over an hour. After that, I had a phone interview that lasted about 30 minutes. They said they'd get back to me by the end of the week, but I never heard anything back, which was pretty rude. I told them I was on a deadline, but they didn't seem to care and wasted my time. Now I'm wasting more time telling others about it. I have 10 years of experience and code to W3C standards. They treated me like I was fresh out of high school and ignored my experience and qualifications. They didn't even have the courtesy to respond after giving me a timeline. It's not professional at all. I'm glad I found out now that they can't be trusted. If I had believed them, I would have wasted even more time. Companies should know that just like they judge us, we can judge them too. Treating potential employees without respect makes people think badly of your company. If you're too lazy to send an email, you don't deserve business or good employees. I want to work for a company I can be proud of, not a liar.

Got an interview scheduled pretty quickly, within a few days. The interviewer was nice and seemed engaged during our 45-minute chat. When I asked about when they'd be hiring, they mentioned they didn't have a specific client site lined up yet and were essentially building a talent pool of qualified candidates.