J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 5 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Thomson Reuters (Londres, Angleterre)
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I didn't know it was possible to be ghosted TWICE for one role. After a positive screening interview and a great chat during a behavioural / suitability interview, I was told there would be a technical quiz to follow, but after trying to follow up and being told there was no update, I decided to try to wait it out. After 5-6 weeks, out of the blue, another email and interview invite came through and suddenly it seemed like it was back on again. That was great, because up until being ghosted the first time, everything seemed so positive. Then I did the technical test and got through to the next round - coding takehome. I had to complete it quickly due to planned vacation, so I spent an entire weekend on it and recorded a walkthrough video and sent it back to HR. I was told that there would be an overview chat about the submission and then a final decision released shortly after that.
That was about 10 weeks ago and I haven't received any follow-up or confirmation since. It's hard to tell whether there is active hostility to candidates or just extreme incompetence. Very poor experience as a candidate.
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Question 1
Derive an unbiased variance estimator based on certain conditions.
J'ai passé un entretien chez Thomson Reuters (Londres, Angleterre)
Entretien
I received an assessment, HackerRank, in march. This included ML and coding questions.
A week after I was told I passed.
I had the first interview in April. It was with a manager and another tech person. Focused on profile and past experience. I was told after I chased that I passed to the next stage.
I had another interview in May. Tech presentation focused on a research project I did. I thought this went really well. I chased up but was ghosted. I sent two follow up emails two weeks apart and a message on LinkedIn. I received nothing.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
What agents did you use for named entity extraction?
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 2 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Thomson Reuters (Londres, Angleterre) en juin 2025
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An HR call without video, standard questions about my reasons for applying, UK work permit status, and salary expectations. After that they introduced the hiring process, which would involve about 5 stages: a call with the head of HR, cultural/technical, technical, a take-home task to be completed within a week, another cultural. After that initial call, I was completely ghosted. It felt more like a data collection exercise, especially since they didn’t share a salary range when I asked, only said they’d inform me after gathering input from other candidates.
J'ai passé un entretien chez Thomson Reuters (Toronto, ON)
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Online screening OA assesstment in hacker-rank. Fairly unexpected if you haven't given interviews before. Asks about https, ML, and REST APIs. Then if you are lucky, you get selected for an online interview where they ask you about a past project - very subjective and depends on whether they like you or not.
