I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at JCPenney (Frisco, TX) in Jan 2015
Interview
Laid back. Simple questions. Lots of joking. Multiple phases.
Overall, the actual interview was painless, no need for sweaty palms. However, the HR department seems to drop the ball constantly. Failing to communicate, they do not seem to really want to hire you. However, then one day you get a call, and based on what people say it is frequent. Expect your interview process to last months.
I am not sure that you can be prepared for this part, it is extremely stressful waiting around in the dark. Some people waited more than six months before they heard back from HR. So try to keep your cool.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technology preferences, mac/pc - software you use.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at JCPenney in Nov 2019
Interview
The interview was over the phone with one of their engineers, the questions were related to Spring, web security and some java fundamentals. The dude threw some random vague questions with open ended answers, and was looking for key words, which something I didn't like, I kept ask him for more clarifications and collaborations, but it seems like he was go by the book person, 30 minutes of questions, but didn't feel he was trying to get the best out of me, he was just trying to prove that he knew thing that I didn't know. anyway, I didn't get a good vibe from the interview or the environment he belongs to.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) How do we handle transactions in MongoDB (if they fail)?
2) How do we change/update configuration on the fly ?
3) How do micro-services communicate with each others ?
4) What are the different scopes of beans in Spring?
5) What do you do when you have multiple services running, and some of them starts slowing down ?
6) Based on what criteria you package/create a micro-service?
7) Where do you use local storage? where do you use cookies?
8)How does Spring handle/track session scope? request scope?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at JCPenney (Bengaluru) in Oct 2019
Interview
Interview is not difficult but process is lengthy and unnessary couple of behavioural discusiions which took couple of days extra and doesnt make much sense. I believe they can trim or look back at their interivew process which can be more towards techincal and one behavioual round if needed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
More on the real time scenario questions which is good discussion.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at JCPenney (Bengaluru) in Sep 2019
Interview
4 round of Interview they have taken mangr assured they will call but but even after 2 week has gone by the HR dont have any idea whether I am selected or not.
