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BlackBerry Software Specialist Interview Questions & Reviews
Getting the Interview 7 Interviews
Interview Experience 6 Ratings
Software Test Specialist at BlackBerry
No Offer – Interviewed in Sunrise, FL Nov 2009 – Reviewed Jan 16, 2010
Interview Details –
I was initially contacted by a recruiter asking if I was still interested in interviewing for RIM, of course I said yes. She then went ahead and asked me some basic HR questions to make sure I was "qualified" for the position. An onsite interview was scheduled for a week later.
Before the onsite interview I was pretty nervous but once I got into the conference room and met my interviewers my nerves calmed a little. There were initially 2 interviewers, but another one joined us later. Surprisingly there were no technical questions (I guess since they mainly did manual testing) so all they asked me about was my previous experiences/project (such as with my current employer). Even with such a, relatively, easy interview they offered the position to someone else.
Interview Question – Mainly just "describe what you do at your current position", "rate your coding skills in _____ language from 1-10", etc Answer Question
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Software Test Specialist at BlackBerry
No Offer – Interviewed in Jun 2012 – Reviewed Sep 24, 2012
Interview Details – I had attended an information session of RIM at the university and then applied online. I got a call from them to setup an interview . Interview was done by 2 software testers. Asked normal software testing questions and asked me to discuss test cases for testing a wi-fi connection of a smartphone
Interview Question – Will you be able to work on weekends View Answer
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Software Test Specialist - Intern at BlackBerry
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Sep 6, 2012
Interview Details –
Interviewing for internship at RIM is a simple process. The first step is to apply online and then the Recruiter contacts you to setup an interview with the Manager/Team Lead. Then it is totally upto the interviewer to go into technical details or interview based on the resume.
For internship only one round of telephonic interview occurs and the result is communicated in a week's time.
Interview Question – An application oriented question to determine how will a GMAIL system will be tested. View Answer
Negotiation Details – For interns there is no negotiation
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Software Performance Specialist at BlackBerry
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Waterloo, ON (Canada) Dec 2010 – Reviewed Sep 6, 2012
Interview Details –
1. Phone interview
2. Onsite interview
Interview Question –
What information is contained in the dump files?
What tools/process to view dump files?
What are the performance monitoring tools in Windows/Linux?
What's Java's garbage collection process?
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Negotiation Details – Recruiter contacted me for the initial offer, then I do counter offer and recruiter called back for the final offer.
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Software Quality Assurance Specialist at BlackBerry
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Oct 2010 – Reviewed May 10, 2012
Interview Details –
there are phone interview by HR person
there phone call and email about one to one interview appointment
there are many questions are out of the box questions, such as the motivation, general test something else.
there are phone and email about the salary negotiation
there are back ground check by third party company
there is criminal check need be done by yourself from police office and send back by fax or mail
there are emails and phone calls about background check
there are email and phone call for the final offer
sign and mail back the offer for orientation.
Interview Questions
- how to test potato? Answer Question
- what is your working motivation ? Answer Question
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Software Test Specialist at BlackBerry
No Offer – Interviewed in Feb 2011 – Reviewed Mar 9, 2011
Interview Details – Quiet lengthy
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Software Support Specialist at BlackBerry
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Waterloo, ON (Canada) Dec 2010 – Reviewed Dec 3, 2010
Interview Details – The initial telephone interview was fairly straightforward, general questions pertaining to the information on my resume, received a callback about two hours later offering me a personal interview the following monday. (this was a friday) Personal interview went well, met with the team lead and dept manager. Same sorts of questions asked in telephone interview, as well as some technical questions. Both individuals were personable, and seemed like good people. looking forward to starting once the background screening is complete.
Interview Question – I was given a "no right or wrong answer" conundrum. You're working on a critical outage, millions of dollars at stake, and your supervisor needs you to complete some document that only you can complete. And, nobody is available to take over the issue while you compete the document. What do you do? View Answer
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