I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at FDM Group (London, England) in Aug 2016
Interview
The telephone interview was about 20 minutes, and they almost asked the same questions in the interview of Assessment Day. It is important that you are a well-rounded person. As I applied for the role of developer, they asked some related questions on software lifecycles. There were no in-depth questions about programming languages during my interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What do you know about FDM?
2. What makes you passionate about IT?
3. Why do you choose Software development? Explain the lifecycle of the software.
4. What modules in your degree that interest you?
5. How do you know about the investment bank?
6. What is the big issues in IT you know for the recent years?
7. What are the challenges you know in the IT industry?
8. How IT have the influence on investment banks?
9. How do you see yourself in 5 years?
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at FDM Group (Melbourne)
Interview
The first screening is a HackerRank test. The coding tasks are fairly straightforward; however, you won't be able to access any code documentation during the test, and the online editor can be a bit laggy at times.
If you are successful at the assessment, you will receive a phone call with no prior notification, so make sure to pick up calls from unknown numbers. During this call I was asked if I was available to work at both the Sydney and Melbourne offices, as this was a requirement to move forward with the role. In other words, you have to be willing to relocate to be a successful applicant.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FDM Group (Hong Kong) in Apr 2026
Interview
Don't interview with this unprofessional company. Completed the interview with no response until 3 months later saying they thought I was just a mediocre candidate despite their engineers saying that I did pretty well in the technical assessments. The reason? HR simply didn't think I was good... from a 5 min generic interview asking basic questions from my resume. Better off working at other companies and saving your time. Would rather be jobless than work here. Good riddance!
First round is a phone interview with basic questions.
Second round same like 1st but online on a zoom call with some generic tech questions with HR.
Third round is an in person half-day interview with three rounds. First is a 5 min HR interview, then group interview, and lastly technical assessment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a variable? Some topic about AI and tech in the workplace.
I applied online. I interviewed at FDM Group (Johannesburg) in Mar 2026
Interview
A simple virtual interview on teams with a recruiter and one other interviewer. The interview is fairly simple and very non-technical whatsoever. It is more to assess your behavioural traits rather than your technical ability.