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Updated Jan 24, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Sales Engineer at ADTRAN
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 (took 3 weeks)
The initial interview was simple. There were multiple interviews on the phone (6) and then you have an on-site interview. The on-site interviews was with about 25 people and started at 8:00 in the morning and lasted until 5:30pm. Interviews were with either a single person or a group. Consisting of sales and engineering questions. You also had to give a presentation on a technology that you sold in the past or relevant to the industry of Adtran.
Interview Questions
OSPF- lsa's name them, how many
Native vlan what is it and what is the normal default
IPSec
Negotiation Details
There is none. Pay is what it is. They have a process for determining salary that is usually 10 - 20 % below normal. When trying to negotiate, there was none. There attitude was either take it or leave it.
I got the sense that they really did not care about their people. No stock options, only the most senior people and they exercise there options on a frequent basis.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Software Engineer Co-op at ADTRAN
Posted Sep 19, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Huntsville, AL (took 2 weeks)
I got the interview at the UT Knoxville Engineering Expo, I started talking about some networking equipment they had at their booth, and it caught the interest of the recruiter, so they gave me a panel interview the next day, which consisted of a HR person, and an engineer asking me to solve math problems. I was then invited on site about a week later were they paid for the gas and hotel room, and supper. Were I had 2 interviews back to back.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Design Engineer at ADTRAN
Posted Apr 24, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Huntsville, AL (took a day)
It was my first job interview in my life. I made a lot of mistakes in the interview, but actually the interview questions were not bad. They asked me about my work experience and projects in my resume and some basic programming skills and electrical engineering concepts. One person asked me to write a FIFO code, but I made a stack ( I was too nervous...). Another person asked me about RC circuit. It shouldn't be difficult, if you review some EE materials. I am sure I did not well, but it was a good interview experience as a first job interview. I learned how to prepare for a job interview.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Skills Test.
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Design Engineer at ADTRAN
Posted Sep 28, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Huntsville, AL (took a day)
The interview process started at 8 AM and went until 5 PM the same day. It consisted of meeting with a engineering manager or senior engineer either on a 1:1 basis or 1:2 basis. Questions consisted of technical experience with C++ and embedded systems and personality, situational, and ethical questions. ADTRAN seems to pride itself with hiring engineers with integrity.
Interview Questions
What is the optimal search algorithm? How many drops would it take using the algorithm in the worst case scenario?
NOTE: Once an egg breaks, it can not be used again for further test drops.
NOTE 2: This is an "inside the box" riddle, no tricks.
Negotiation Details
Yes; make sure your reasons for negotiation are legitimate. If you are trying to bargain for one thousand dollars, you should ask yourself if you are bargaining just to bargain. If you have a need, expressing that need to ADTRAN will certainly not fall on deaf ears.
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Drug Test.
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Intern Engineer at ADTRAN
Posted Aug 8, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 (took 1 week)
very positive. The company was at my college's career fair and were looking to hire engineering students as Co-ops and interns. Very nice corporate environment. Did not notice a great deal of politics in the office. I did not connect with the other co-ops as well as I would have hoped, but I have spent 2 summers there. One summer had a fantastic and fun group of co-ops. The next was filled with less than enjoyable people.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
nope. take it or leave it, they have plenty of applicants
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Project Manager at ADTRAN
Posted Jul 27, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Huntsville, AL (took 2 days)
The interview process was fairly straight forward. After a 30-45 minute phone interview, I was brought in for 30 one on one interviews with people you will be working with. They were interviewing several people for this position, so they narrowed it down to 2 or 3 candidates and brought us back in to interview with several people in upper management.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Systems Engineer at ADTRAN
Posted Nov 1, 2009
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 2 weeks)
Got a phone interview from the hiring manager. It last an hour. Many technical and difficult questions.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Design Engineer at ADTRAN
Posted May 4, 2009
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2007 in Huntsville, AL (took 1 week)
Interviewed after several co-op terms. Process and questions were more difficult than I had come to expect, and spoke with a variety of groups both in and out of areas I was familiar with. More low-level hardware/EE stuff than I was prepared for, not that it mattered too much (claimed my ignorance, moved on). Got offer but was lowballed based on my response to questions in HR back-and-forth.
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
Lowball offer, history of slightly sketchy HR-related decisions, and decided I had no place in Huntsville.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Programmer at ADTRAN
Posted Mar 31, 2009
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2007 in Huntsville, AL (took a day)
Didn't seem planned at all. They tested my technical skills that were applicable to the work and had me meet all the team members to gauge whether I would fit or not. The work environment is nice.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
I was unable to negotiate. If you are considering an offer talk to people who have worked there first. Often you will get a large initial offer with poor raises.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Drug Test.
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