First up we need to make sure that you fulfil the following, non-negotiable, requirements:
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You
have excellent communication skills in English, both written and oral.
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You
are entitled, without sponsorship or interruption, to work in the UK for the next
three years (does not apply to candidates seeking a placement).
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You
are seeking full time employment and are prepared to travel to Clapham, South London,
every weekday.
If you are OK with ALL
of those then the next stage is to write some pseudo code so we can see how you
approach a problem. What happens is that we email you a description of a simple
problem (we have several problems that we select from at random - each is designed
to take about an hour) and you reply to the email with your pseudo code. If you
prefer, you can write real code in any of the languages we use at StaffPlan (C#,
Delphi, Java).
Although there are no time limits we will take productivity into account when selecting
for interview. For this reason you should only start the process
if you have time to finish it (probably best to allow yourself 90 minutes
- longer if you intend to submit working code).
So - get yourself a coffee, pen and paper (or whatever props you need to do your
thinking), fire up your IDE (if you want to write real code), re-read those three
points above (just to make sure you aren't wasting your time), type in your email
address here
and click
here.