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No Offer – Reviewed Apr 15, 2013
Interview Details – One Phone Interview and 6 rounds of Onsite interview
Interview Question – Interview was Fair and answerable Answer Question
No Offer – Interviewed in Cupertino, CA Aug 2011 – Reviewed Aug 31, 2011
Interview Details –
1 Phone Interview 3 Virtual conference based interview
Phone interview questions: Compare software versions and return which version is greater
Virtual Interview Questions:
1) linked list has side node which can also have a linked list. Flatten the list(35mins)
2) Java Garbage collection types: Parallal and concurrent garbase collection(5mins)
3) Heap garbase collection behaviour explanation(5mins)
4) Return sub array indexes from an array where sub array element sum is greatest(Email the code)
5) Find a string in a sorted array (20mins)
6) Provide a design and code, non blocking and blocking enqueue and dequeue methods. Where enqueue and dequeue methods will take a parameter to determine if they will be blocking or non-blocking. Make them thread safe also.(45mins total for design , coding, testing code in eclipse)
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No Offer – Interviewed in Cupertino, CA Aug 2011 – Reviewed Aug 31, 2011
Interview Details –
1 phone interview
3 virtual interview with computer conference
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No Offer – Interviewed in Cupertino, CA Jul 2011 – Reviewed Jul 10, 2011
Interview Details – Good people, good office location. You MUST be up-to-date on your software experience (stating you have the knowledge & you pick up software quickly is not good enough for them.) Interview well-planned. Four people had their list of questions, and no question was asked twice. They could have allotted more than the 1/2 hour per person, but that's fine. Good Luck!
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Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Cupertino, CA Jun 2011 – Reviewed Jun 16, 2011
Interview Details – It was fast and organized.I gave interview with 8 people and one VP of the team.I love the company.When I entered I felt a very young environment and all people I met where really good.They called me onsite twice after one skill test and one phone interview.
Interview Question – Networking concepts,unix commands and behavioral questions. Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Cupertino, CA Feb 2009 – Reviewed Apr 16, 2011
Interview Details –
Basic:
Phone Screen
1:1
Test questions
Negotiation Details – n/a should of negotiated
No Offer – Interviewed in Cupertino, CA Mar 2010 – Reviewed Aug 26, 2010
Interview Details –
The recruiter called me and asked about my background. He set up a phone interview with hiring manager in a couple of days. The phone interview consisted of resume questions and questions about data structures. After a few days the recruiter set up an in person interview with the team. There were total of 4 interviews. each interview was 45-50 minutes long. The first interview was with the manager. It consisted of Whiteboarding code. was asked to code the solution for producer consumer problem. Then we discussed about its efficiency and how to make it thread safe. The second interview was with a team member who asked me a networking question on the white board and then gave me a Java string manipulation code(inputiing HTML tags in a scentence). The third interview was on resume and the fourth was on normal Java questions.
I was satisfied with the interview but after 1 week, the recruiter let me know that my skills were not at par with what they were looking for. My advice: Know in and out of Java if you want to get in here.
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Declined Offer – Interviewed in Cupertino, CA Jun 2010 – Reviewed Jun 7, 2010
Interview Details –
The entire hiring process is v.slow , they took few weeks to schedule for an interview after deciding to do a personal interview on site.
The entire interview process consists of just writing programs on the white board even for a Sr Sw Engr position. No questions regarding design or how a problem is approached or the process.
Interview Question – Code to to insert new data for red black trees. Answer Question
Reason for Declining – Did not like the team and the managers.
No Offer – Interviewed in Cupertino, CA Apr 2010 – Reviewed May 11, 2010
Interview Details – Phone screen was very technical. Lots of core Java questions
Interview Question – Java equals use Answer Question
No Offer – Interviewed in Cupertino, CA Jul 2009 – Reviewed Jul 20, 2009
Interview Details – Totally waste of time!
Interview Question – Talk about your current projects. Answer Question
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