RELX interview questions

I interviewed for a position in the Accuity unit of the RELX Group. The whole process involved a phone call with HR, an in person interview with the hiring manager and then an in person interview with his manager Bottom line is they strung me along through 4 stages with each one leaving me with the distinct impression that it was the best interview out of the bunch. However, I got the "sorry, but we're moving on w/o you" email. Kind of odd that the final interview appeared to have gone the best..was the dude being sadistic? Or, after processing it all, was it a classic case of NJA.. I'm happy to say that despite the sadistic impression this company's process left me with, I was able to gain something from it myself as I nailed my very next set of interviews and have moved on to a new position. Think carefully about working in the Accuity NYC office as it seemed like a really boring place..kind of like a "dead zone"..the office had zero energy and was filled with half empty rooms/desks.

This review is for Accuity of Chicago, not sure they are the same company. Started through recruiter. I was scheduled for a phone interview, no one called; Then recruiter told me they forgot. Rescheduled and following week I was called, they asked me good Java questions, and talked about my experience, If you study Java interview questions and have a good background, this step is easy. Then after couple days I took online programming test with their 2 developers online. Shared the same editor, 2 questions. If you are a real Java developer, this step easy too, just practice writing small programs and know algorithms. Following week I was scheduled to on site interview. On site interview took 3 hours: first group: I was asked another programming challenge: I wrote a small program from scratch, you can choose editor between Eclipse or IntelliJ. But you need to setup the project on your own: Maven or Ant, you need to include your unit tests, you need to do TDD. Again this step is easy if you have experience with those. Second group: talked about my experience: asked several Java Questions; Third Group: interview with QA: maybe they had some problems: they questioned my interaction with QA at my previous companies; Then 4th stage: interview with the main decision maker, some architectural questions on the white board, questions about my previous projects. Then They told me they will call me next week Wednesday the latest; but they did not. even after that week, even after that: I did not bother because I had already received an offer from a better company. Although they sounded better on the phone, they were unprofessional handling interviews, forgetting an appointment, their office settings, and positive or negative not sending a response,