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Named Account Manager at Avaya
Accepted Offer – Reviewed May 2, 2013
Interview Details – HR Recruiters can't explain what job role entails. HR messed up compensation package several times before getting it right. Interview with Lead and Director helped seal the deal in accepting position
Interview Question – What does UC mean to you View Answer
Negotiation Details – Little to no room
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Sales Engineer at Avaya
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 16, 2013
Interview Details –
First round: HR basic questions
Second round: HR and scenario questions. Basic experience talks
3rd round: regional manager, For a feel of the interviewee sort of interview
Interview Question – Scenario questions Answer Question
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Marketing Manager at Avaya
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Dallas, TX – Reviewed Apr 8, 2013
Interview Details – Started as a contractor and after a few months was interviewed formally for the position. Don't rule out contracting as a way to test the waters, as much as they are testing you.
Interview Question – Questions were straightforward for the most part. Be prepared to answer "why you want to work for the company". Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Fast, they offered a decent level of pay so minimal back/forth.
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Senior Manager at Avaya
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 6, 2013
Interview Details – Applied online, rather smooth interview process. Impressed by their professionalism
Interview Question – N/a Answer Question
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Services Project Manager at Avaya
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Mar 18, 2013
Interview Details –
2 interviews in phone.
1 face to face interview with senior director.
Interview Question – None Answer Question
Negotiation Details – I got offered 700000 and asked for a higher amount as I was moving cities. They offered me 100k more.
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Customer Support Engineer at Avaya
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Durham, NC Jan 2009 – Reviewed Jan 5, 2013
Interview Details – I was an internal hire moving from a different position from one city to another.
Interview Question – Not very memorable due to the fact that I knew the manager Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Negotiation was with HR. Took more than 2 days.
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Territory Account Manager at Avaya
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Denver, CO Aug 2010 – Reviewed Dec 10, 2012
Interview Details – It began with an employee referral, then an internal recruiter screening. The next step was an interview with the manager to be, over the phone. Finally, the panel interview took place where an offer was presented. Negotiations went on from there.
Interview Question – One that was interesting and new to me was, "What kind of car do you drive and why?" Follow up question, "There are a lot of very affordable, high quality used cars, so why would you drive something that expensive?" View Answer
Negotiation Details – Negotiation phase was very fair, realistic expectations were met, and very professional.
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Director at Avaya
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Santa Clara, CA Jun 2011 – Reviewed Oct 24, 2012
Interview Details – Couple of phone interviews, flight out for face-to-face interviews with team and flight out to meet with executive.
Negotiation Details – They offered what I asked for.
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Supply Chain Analyst at Avaya
No Offer – Interviewed in Raleigh, NC Sep 2012 – Reviewed Oct 25, 2012
Interview Details – Contacted by HR, on site review with several levels of managment
Interview Question – none basic questions Answer Question
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Project Manager at Avaya
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Westminster, CO Jul 2009 – Reviewed Sep 23, 2012
Interview Details –
Initial interview was via phone - standard reiteration of the submitted resume.
Second interview was with the manager and dealt with my previous experience and what I had accomplished
Third interview was with the Senior Manager - more of a warm/fuzzy, get-to-know-you interview.
Fourth interview was with the Director - again one of those get-to-know-you interviews.
The latter 2 appeared to be justification interviews, The decision had already been made and upper management just wanted to check.
Interview Question – There were no difficult questions Answer Question
Negotiation Details – They knew my previous salary and topped it with a moving bonus.
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