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Updated Feb 11, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Engineering at Agilent Technologies
Posted Feb 11, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took a day)
Smooth interview process. Everyone I talked to was very friendly. Group/Panel Style. Took all day.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Applications Engineer at Agilent Technologies
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Englewood, CO (took 3 weeks)
Applied online and received two phone interviews and an onsite interview. First interview was a resume walkthrough and the second was a technical interview. Both went well, and I thought I established a good rapport with both interviewers. The onsite consisted of three panel interviews, one of them technical, and a one-on-one. I felt that I did well in all, and particularly nailed the first two. The only portion I was worried about was the technical, which didn't go as well I though. I sent my thank you's as soon as I got home.
The next day I received a call turning me down. The lead interviewer said that although I was the best candidate they had interviewed so far technically, the most prepared, and the only candidate to follow up, I lacked a certain "sparkle", which he went on to say was unquantifiable, and they were unsure of my CS skills, which they tried to relate a pizza delivery job from high school in my interview. He went on to say that I seemed nervous, despite already having said I was the most prepared, and gave better answers than the others.
This isn't the first bad interview experience I had, and honestly I didn't think my previous worst could be beat, but I found the whole reasoning they tried to give incredibly insulting. I've never been told every reason I should have been hired, then told that although they can't come up with a quantifiable reason to not hire me, they aren't going to anyway. After they played up their company culture, this seemed extremely hypocritical and contrary to it.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Applications Engineer at Agilent Technologies
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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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 Nov 2011 (took 3 days)
I first had an on-campus interview that consisted of 2 managers interviewing me for an hour. The interview consisted of your standard behavioral and historical interview questions as well as some technical questions. After this initial interview, I was contacted about having a phone interview. The phone interview was with a current Applications Engineer who asked me technical questions about different pieces of equipment.
Following the phone interview, I was invited to their campus for a half day interview (~4 hours). This consisted of 6 interviews of 30 minutes each, along with a tour of the office and lunch in the cafeteria with the rest of the candidates. One of the interviews was technical, the rest were pretty run-of-the-mill. It got a little annoying at times since I felt like I was repeating myself to several of the interviewers since they were asking very similar questions.
By the time I heard back from Agilent, I already had an offer from a company that I liked better.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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IT Service Delivery Manager at Agilent Technologies
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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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 Dec 2011 (took 2+ weeks)
I was interviewed on phone . Then called to their local office for a video confererence .
Management was upfront about the role and job description
four rounds of interview by various Hods
Then the HR Department stepped in for salary negotiations
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Reason for Declining
Offer was made by Consultant.
HR never came to discuss.
Hence couldnot understand the offer or negotiate
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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 and a Personality Test.
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Manufacturing Test Engineer at Agilent Technologies
Posted Dec 27, 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 Jul 2011 in Santa Rosa, CA (took 2 days)
Initial screening with general questions (what do you like/dislike about your current position, 3 important qualities you are looking for in a new employer etc) followed by on-site. Standard interview process with 20 minute presentation, full-day interview both 1:1 and group panel. The interview process was well organized and professional.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Summer Intern at Agilent Technologies
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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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 Jun 2011 (took 5 days)
I saw a post on Agilent career.com about summer internship -> resume submitted -> be contacted by company via email -> one phone interview scheduled for one week after -> 3 people interview over the phone -> waited for 5 days -> received and accepted
People I reached during interviewed were very nice and profession. They are knowledgeable and willing to share their experience.
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Negotiation Details
I didn't negotiate.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineering at Agilent Technologies
Posted Dec 7, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took 2 days)
Initial screening 1:1 on campus with an on-site follow-up. Standard interview except for the presentation.
30 minute presentation, full-day interview with several groups. The interview was well organized and efficient.
Questions covered essential programming concepts. Typical OO and C/C++ questions. Focus areas were in optimization, multi-threaded, OO, bit level manipulations, low-level architecture and peripheral access, various system buses, I/O throughput estimates, and instrument calibration algorithms.
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Negotiation Details
Negotiate high with Agilent as raises are a pain. Agilent is not keeping up with industry.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Applications Engineer at Agilent Technologies
Posted Sep 28, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Santa Clara, CA (took 2 weeks)
I came into Agilent and met with my manager and my mentor. They asked me about my previous coursework/ lab work and I explained to them my projects listed on my resume. Then they gave me some technical questions, that were really basic.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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IT Manager at Agilent Technologies
Posted Sep 24, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2009 (took 4+ weeks)
Interview process took a long time to complete. Multiple different levels
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Agilent Technologies
Posted Jul 25, 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 Jan 2011 (took 2 weeks)
Interviewed for an engineering position, consisted of phone screening interview, then in-person group interview. Felt the people were very professional and friendly; felt like it was a good working environment. Didn't get the job most likely because I didn't know a software tool well enough.
I also have to add that their recruiters were very respectable and courteous through the process. They followed up when they said they would, and also really did "keep my resume on file" and considered me for another position at Agilent a few months later. In today's job market, it's rare that recruiters are very professional, straightforward and keep in touch with you. So overall, I was very happy with the process/experience despite not getting the job.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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