amadeus

[raphal]

Has anyone worked for this company. I see many agencies advert for c++ contract position with this client. I have been seeing these adverts posted every 3-4 months since about three years. Wondering whether they are not able to fill these positions or no contractor who was offered the contract didn't want to contiue beyond first contract.

[ross]

Ok company to me , heard work environment is relaxed. few of my mates ( Java devs) started with 3-6 months contracts and still there for 3 plus years .

[Nexus7]

Went through the interview process (phone interview followed by a face-to-face) for a business analyst contract a few months ago. Thought it went well especially since I had experience of the relevant products at an airline in the contract I was in immediately prior to going for this role. However, they never got back to the agent. I'm glad as the rate was very low and I would have accepted it as I was on the bench at the time. (In the initial stage they did ask me whether I was interested in a permanent role which was also very low).

For what it's worth it seemed a nice place to work and they said they had a few long term contractors some of who they persuaded to go permie after a couple of years. I also know a couple of (C++) contractors who have worked there and they said it was OK - nice people to work with.

[glippiglop]

When I did it:

They will ask you to do an online C++ test, for which they will expect you to score highly. Problem is, some of the questions have serious issues - you know the sort - someone tries to be too clever for their own good and ends up giving you multiple-choice answers that are ambiguous.

It was obvious that the questions hadn't been peer reviewed by an actual C++ programmer. So I checked the HTML source and it looked to me that their web site developer had thrown in C++ questions from around the Internet. So how would he even know if the questions were fair, relevant or accurate? Did anyone in the company actually test the thing to check the answers were correctly evaluated at the server? Not happy.

IMO if they have that little respect for prospective contractors then they can go jump. Since then I've learnt that pretty much any company that asks you to do an online programming test because they can't evaluate a CV properly, or conduct a brief phone interview with a techie, isn't really worth the time. (Tom Tom is another culprit and some of their C++ positions have been open for 6+ months!).

[flipFlop]

Amadeus, Amadeus

Metrorec Limited asked me to do the pre-screening online "test" for Amadeus. The minimum score that the client required was 75%. The test was decidedly dodgy, obviously devised by an incompetent.

I scored 85% according to the agent. In reality, I got all answers correct.

This wasn't good enough for Metrorec, and I never heard from them again; what a surprise!

[flipFlop]

Tom Tom is another culprit and some of their C++ positions have been open for 6+ months!).

TomTom don't have a clue about evaluating developers. They love their "Design Patterns", though.

[raphal]

Took an online C++ test for amadeus today. Out of 20 questions, I am 100% sure I got 18 right. For two questions the options given were not correct (I skipped them, so actually got all right). But to my surprise the agency told me I scored 13 (pass mark is 14)
Something seriously wrong with their evaluation tool.

[mos]

Metrorec Limited asked me to do the pre-screening online "test" for Amadeus. The minimum score that the client required was 75%. The test was decidedly dodgy, obviously devised by an incompetent.

I scored 85% according to the agent. In reality, I got all answers correct.

This wasn't good enough for Metrorec, and I never heard from them again; what a surprise!

Perhaps its because you did not book your test with ETS.

[raphal]

Took an online C++ test for amadeus today. Out of 20 questions, I am 100% sure I got 18 right. For two questions the options given were not correct (I skipped them, so actually got all right). But to my surprise the agency told me I scored 13 (pass mark is 14)
Something seriously wrong with their evaluation tool.

If the middleman is playing foul (say discriminating based on certain thing), is there a way I can approach a third party (some employment board), to legally request the test records I submitted and look into it further ?

I am really pi**ed off on this.

[SueEllen]

If the middleman is playing foul (say discriminating based on certain thing), is there a way I can approach a third party (some employment board), to legally request the test records I submitted and look into it further ?

I am really pi**ed off on this.

Forget it.