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2.0

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Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2009 in Chennai (India) (took 2+ weeks)

Mostly Questions from Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocol and TCL.
Go through VLAN, STP, ARP, RIP, OSPF and the basic questions from IS-IS and BGP depends on your dkill set.
Also Questions from previous experiencing

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Where we are in IPv6 migration ?

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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Apr 2009 (took 5 days)

I was recommended by a friend who works for the company. I submitted by resume and was called by the hiring manager for an interview, It consisted of details of previous work experiences and skills acquired during those periods. I then interviewed with a developer working under the hiring manager. This consisted of more technical questions (programming type questions). They were very friendly and professional. There was a relaxed atmosphere in the office which tipped the scale for me when I was offered the position.

Interview Questions

Describe what an OFDM symbol means

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Aug 2010 in Cambridge, East of England, England (United Kingdom) (took 3 weeks)

First, there is a phone interview, which is a chat about the company and your previous experience. Then there is a programming task to write at home. The programming task is mostly about data structure and algorithm design. Finally they invite you on-site. You then have a number of interviews with some technical and non-technical people. They ask you to talk about your solution to the programming problem. They also ask a number of technical questions about: data structure and algorithm design, C++ semantics, thread synchronisation.

Interview Questions

It's one of those "where is the bug" questions. They show you a C++ program with some thread synchronisation code.

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.

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1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Sep 2009 in Plano, TX (took 4 weeks)

There is absolutely no structure to interviews. Typically you get interview call if you have internal referral. From there on its purely general questions on what you worked on in your past projects. Questions are purely based on what is written on your resume. You will be interviewed by hiring manager and some team members. HR interviews are vague too. Tailor your resume to the position and unless you are 110% fit for the job there will be more internal referrals that will beat you out.

Interview Questions

Layout the complete call flow for a UE registered in a UMTS network trying to access internet ?

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Negotiation Details

Straight forward. You either accept or reject not much room available for negotiation. Typically compensation is very generic.

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2009 in Naperville, IL (took 5 days)

Got a call from recruiter. Presented my resume. Got a call back after a week that resume is selected and would like to screen on phone as a 1st round. Cleared first round mostly questions asked about past experience (achivements, etc). then personal round of interview, first round with a manager he grilled on the software architecture, how would you design a system, etc. etc. then another detailed round on C++, unix

Interview Questions

how would you design a software system? what tools can you use to estimate time required?

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Dec 2008 in Bangalore (India) (took 4+ weeks)

Since my interview took place around vacation time it took a long time from the actual interview to the offer. The interview was pretty simple for me since my background was perfectly matching the requirement they had. One thing I liked was the interviewers probed the understanding and thinking ability rather than specific answers. They were more interested in how we arrive at the answer.

Interview Questions

Draw the MO and MT call flows and describe wht happens in each step or the procedure.

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Negotiation Details

There was no negotiation as such.

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 in Chennai (India) (took 1+ week)

Initially a placement agency called up and scheduled an interview with the HR of the Employer. Then the HR person redirected to a technical person. The technical person was very good at interviewing me and he was casual. I mean he was friendly in conducting the interview. The Technical discussion went on for about half hour. Finally the interviewer was impressed and asked HR to consider me for the Job description they interviewed for. Finally HR after a week's time called me for HR discussion and gave me offer letter.