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Updated Nov 4, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Technologist at Autonomy
Posted Nov 4, 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 Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 weeks)
HR calls first for a telephone interviews. Questions are related to relevant experiences and skills qualified for the job and career goals.
The on-site interview involves Q and A's. Why do you think you would be a good fit?
Following that is a 30 minute technical test, mostly troubleshooting, generating pseudocodes to solve problems, interpreting codes and brainteasers.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Software Engineer at Autonomy
Posted Oct 11, 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 Jan 2009 in Cambridge, East of England, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
In summary, it was a general technical chat. i was interviewed by one team leader and two other senior employees from the same team. It took about an hour. There was a couple of "hidden Markov model" related questions, but most of the other questions were just about the CV and the field in general. I was asked whether I can cope with the stressful corporate environment, coming from an academic background. I was not tested for my programming knowledge.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Account Executive at Autonomy
Posted Sep 2, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in San Francisco, CA (took 3 weeks)
Recruiter contacted, screened me. Passed me to someone from HR who I did a phone interview with. Flew to Chicago for a face to face. Had another phone interview with a VP who actually told me how hard it was to work there. got the offer three days later. I wouldn't consider any of this process difficult. I have been through much more difficult interviews before. Autonomy is pretty desperate for sales people to work there. Take a look at their website and notice that they have positions for AE's available, and no locations. That should be a red flag. They turn over a lot of people and there are no territories, so it doesn't matter where you live.
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Negotiation Details
No negotiating!
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Account Executive at Autonomy
Posted Aug 4, 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 Jun 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 weeks)
Fast process...talked to HR and then had video conference with legal counsel in SF. Was made an offer the day after the video conference. Very quick...
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Systems Engineer at Autonomy
Posted Jun 22, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Pleasanton, CA (took a day)
was contacted by a recruiter. the recruiter then set a 1-on-1 interview with autonomy. at the interview, these were the type of questioned asked:
-print fibanncci number 0-1000
-write atoi()
-why are man hole cover round
-three people, average salary without telling anybody your salary
-project experience
Interview Questions
-write atoi()
-why are man hole cover round
-three people, average salary without telling anybody your salary
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Sales at Autonomy
Posted Apr 28, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Atlanta, GA (took 4 months)
Tremendous hype about the company's technology and sales pay plan.
Fly at ridiculous hours becasue they have no planning and only 2-3 people can make a decision. You are at the mercy of their schedule. Calls at the last minute selling you on why you should change everything to meet their schedule.
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Negotiation Details
There really is no negotiation. Just chaos trying to communicate with the company. They feel everything is hurry up and wait for weeks with no update. (That means NO Update)
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Account Executive at Autonomy
Posted Feb 14, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 (took 2 months)
The interview may be in person or on the phone or both. Your background is going to get you 80% of the way there. If you have worked for a respectable company in the past you have won most of the battle. The big battle is after you have joined the company. You have 6 months to prove your worth or you will be fired.
Here are the questions you need to answer for yourself:
-Do I really need this job that bad?Really, have you run out of all other options? This should be your last resort.
-Can you work for a company that will expect results in less than 6 months with little support?
-How much BS can you put up with? Autonomy will treat you like a child and you will hate it. Can you live with this weekly?
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Negotiation Details
There is no negotiation. It is a take it or leave it approach. They have aggressive sales plans that no one will make compared to the market. They will remind you they pay you "handsomely" for your wage.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Account Executive at Autonomy
Posted Jan 23, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 (took 3 months)
Recruiter was selling the role as much as the HR rep. Many interviews with many different people including HR, VP Sales, COO, CEO, Chief Counsel. Oddly, I never interviewed with the manager that I ended up working for. Could not tell me specific products I would sell for the company, only that "I could sell everything". Reality was they are never sure where they will put the new individual has accepted the offer. I am convinced they use a probability based hiring process (i.e. hire 100 people, 3 will be successful but the revenue generated by those 3 is enough to cover the hiring, training expense of other 97). Offer came 3-4 weeks after they told me it would. A bit frustrating to say the least.
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Negotiation Details
They would not negotiate on any aspect of the offer. Take it or leave it. They are not afraid to say "no". I suspect this is due to my "probability theory" of hiring.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Sales Engineer at Autonomy
Posted Jan 16, 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 Dec 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
I got the first interview in a career fair at my school. After that first interview they took a while (about three weeks) to contact me again for a phone interview. Then they simply forgot about my phone interview, it was me who remind them about the appointment after I waited for half an hour for the phone call. Later, after the phone interview they took two more weeks to contact me for a 1-1 interview; this one tool place in the middle of last December. During this interview I did an exam of problems on computing and logic skills, pretty easy.
It has been one month since that interview and I have not heard back from them, I guess this time I could not make it. There was one thing that I found strange for the last interview: I had to sign a confidentiality agreement (you usually sign this until you get an offer).
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Engineering at Autonomy
Posted Oct 13, 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 Sep 2010 (took 1 week)
it is ok, interview with 3 guys and no technical tests or question. just overall working experience, etc.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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