JP Morgan Chase & Co. visited our college during the 6th Semester to hire Full-Time Software Engineers for the year 2023.
Eligibility Criteria: B.Tech/BE/MCA Students with >= 7 CGPA (until date) from CS/IT/Electronics and other circuital branches.
Hiring Process (March – June 2022):
- Coding Round
- HireVue Interview
- Code for Good Hackathon
Round 1: Coding Round (March): It was conducted on the HackerRank platform consisting of two coding questions for 60 mins. The level of questions was easy to medium and having a good grasp on DSA fundamentals will help one easily clear this round.
Round 2: HireVue Interview (March): Everyone who clears the coding round will get an auto-generated mail from JP Morgan for the HireVue Interview invite within a few days. It is conducted on the HireVue Platform with a duration of 30 mins. In this round, two behavioral questions are asked. Questions will be flashed on the screen and you are supposed to record each of your answers.
Note: You will be given a maximum of two attempts to record your answer and a practice question as well at the start to familiarize you with the format.
Questions asked were:
- Narrate an incident where you got in conflict with your team member in a project and how did you deal with it?
- Where do you see yourself after 5 years?
Tips:
- Try to be natural and fluent when speaking, treat it like a conversation highlighting your key qualities relevant to the question clearly and concisely.
- Dress formally and be in a disturbance-free environment.
Round 3: Code for Good Hackathon 2022 (11th – 12th June)
- It was a 24-hour hackathon conducted on the Zoom Meeting platform and used platforms like Slack and BeMyApp for communication between JPMC and participants.
- After HireVue Interview within 40-45 days, a list of 35 shortlisted students is shared who then participate in the Code for Good Hackathon(CFG).
- In this hackathon, you are put in a team of around 7-8 participants from different colleges across the country and various NGOs present their problem statements to all the teams.
- Don’t worry you will know about your team members around 2 days before the hackathon, so could connect and discuss which all technologies your team as a whole is comfortable in.
- Finally, your team starts working on a problem statement provided by one of the NGOs and implements a solution for the same using technology.
- You shall be accompanied by two mentors in your zoom meet who will monitor your work throughout the hackathon.
- During the hackathon, they might call you in for a one-to-one interview which in my case lasted for about 30 minutes talking about what I was working on, my current progress, and the logic of implementation.
- They asked me about some of the projects in my resume and my interest in technology in general. It was more like a conversation than an Interview.
- We finally completed our Implementation and submitted our project code along with its demo before the deadline.
- Overall, It was a wonderful experience where we learned how to work in a challenging environment by collaborating with a team and building a solution that promotes tech for good as a part of CFG’s initiative.
Finally, after about 40 days result was declared, and 21 out of 35 students were selected to join the firm full-time for 2023 and I was one of them.
Some general suggestions and tips:
- Learn and have a decent idea about either Web/App Development.
- Projects were usually made using technology stacks like React, Django, Flask & Flutter so a good idea about frontend/backend development using either could be useful for the CFG hackathon.
- Don’t worry if your team isn’t selected for the finals, full-time offers are based on your individual performance so make sure to give your 100%.
- Before CFG Hackathon various workshops would be conducted to make you familiar with git, GitHub, and the format of the hackathon.
- In case you get stuck during your hackathon with a problem you can connect with Subject Matter Experts(SMEs) to help you out.
- Read GFG Archives as they help you get a good idea about the Real Interview experience.