Next Jump Interview Questions
& Process

Interviewed with the direct report, which went well and they explained the role well. Moved on to HR, who asked some standard questions and some odd ones that made me think the work environment might be stressful. It seemed like HR wasn't going to advance my application based on her attitude. The worst part was not getting any feedback or update after the call. The team doesn't seem to value candidates' time or well-being.

You start by sending your CV and answering some questions. If that goes well, you move on to two phone calls. These calls focus on you as a person, your views on leadership, why you're interested in NJ, and competency questions like 'what would someone you know say is your biggest weakness or a recent constructive criticism you have received'. The key here is to treat it like a therapy session; they want to know everything about you, which can be a good time for self-reflection. After the phone interviews, there's the 'super Saturday', which is a full day assessment from 9 am to 7:30 pm. You absolutely cannot let your guard down at any point during this day, even during lunch or casual chats, as the entire office is present and evaluating you against a criteria. It feels like 'big brother' is watching, and they use an app to rate you and make comments throughout the day. They will delve into your personal life and relationships, expecting you to deeply explore why you do everything. This intense focus has caused distress for some candidates who had to share personal issues. While they aren't psychologists, they act like it. The actual day includes poorly designed business and technology tests with unclear instructions, which were a common complaint. A major issue is their focus on culture and feedback, which comes across as artificial. They seem to attract a specific type of person and are not diverse, despite potential claims. The goal seems to be to make candidates insecure and lacking confidence so they can then transform them into confident public speakers. Naturally extroverted or confident individuals are seen as arrogant. Their feedback app is contradictory, with different people giving opposing feedback, leading to passive-aggressiveness. You'll also do two team challenges. The first involves a business problem where you work in a team of four, constantly being observed and evaluated. You'll receive feedback and then have to redo the presentation. NJ emphasizes that life is work and work is life, with long hours (8:30 am-7 pm), but the role isn't very progressive and the pay isn't great for the expected hours. Applying is at your own risk. Software engineers might not learn anything useful, and for business roles, it's questionable if NJ is even a known entity.

I applied at the career fair and got a call the same day for an onsite interview the next day at 2:30 PM. They didn't ask for my availability and wanted me to come with only 16-hour notice. I asked to reschedule for the next week because I was busy on Friday and suggested a Skype interview. After some back and forth, they agreed to a Skype interview with Victor Lin. Victor called me on my mobile due to Skype issues. We discussed some algorithmic questions, my resume, and experience. I asked about the next steps, and he said someone would contact me. It's been over a month and three follow-ups, and I haven't heard back. Key points: They scheduled interviews randomly without checking my schedule. They were flexible and moved it to Skype. A software developer contacted me, so I assume devs handle HR. This might be cost-cutting. Their devs aren't great at HR stuff; they set up interviews and then forget about follow-ups. It's been over a month since I last heard from them, and my follow-up emails to the developer were ignored. I wish they'd at least send a rejection. Overall, it's a very unprofessional team that tries to do too much and messes up.

So first there was an on-campus interview, which was 30 mins technical and 30 mins behavior interview. Then came Super Saturday, which had a 1st round technical interview with about 40 multiple choice questions, then a 2nd round technical interview with 12 coding questions covering HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, and SQL. After that, there were 3 rounds of behavior interviews with the Next Jumpers. Finally, there was a Team Challenge where we had to form a team to solve a problem, mine was a business case study. The last step was a follow up interview.