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Updated Feb 8, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

Difficulty Rating [?] Based on 8 ratings

2.6

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Interview Experience [?] Based on 8 ratings

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Neutral	38%
Negative	12%

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3.0

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Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2012 (took a day)

Interview was a previous college alum so it went smooth . asked about previous interview . Yet to hear from them

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Tell me about previous internships

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2010 (took a day)

Everyone I encountered was fairly laid back.

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Why do you want this position?

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Aug 2011 (took a day)

I interviewed with 4 people and most were pleasant. As it was for a senior level position, there was not many technical questions. The interview was more to get a feel for the rapport with the people within the department.

Interview Questions

Why are you looking to make a move from your present employer?

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What attracts you to this company?

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Negotiation Details

The negotation went smoothly. It started with the number I put on the application for which the company offered a little lower in the first offer. I then pushed for a higher amount and the company came back with a higher number closely matching what I was asking for.

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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Sep 2011 (took a day)

The interview went pretty well, it was a typical behavioral question type interview. The interviewers were friendly and respectful.

Interview Questions

How do you prioritize based on the assigned task, duty or project?

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Sep 2010 in Houston, TX (took a day)

HR recruiter contacted me; there was no job description. I was puzzled to be interviewed by two individuals from disciplines very different from mine, one very senior and uninterested, the other very junior and attempting to use the interview as platform for learning. Although they correctly guessed somebody with my job title should handle the task they identified (also correctly), the way they went about filling the vacancy (if real) was unprofessional and incompetent in every regard. The junior interviewer was picking my brain and gave me some behavioral advice in the end that included wagging finger. I regret I did not leave on my own, since it took me only few minutes to figure out what was going on. The vacancy is still advertised 10 months later, which is actually critical to the task, if real.
Overall surreal, and even folks who know me have a hard time believing the story. One would think something like this can't happen in a reputable organization.

Interview Questions

The interviewer attempted to identify technical issues in the complex task.
HOW DO WE DO IT?

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2011 (took 5 days)

The recruiter set up the phone interview and then the personal interview with the hiring manager

Interview Questions

Problems faced during the implementation of the project and its resolution

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2011 (took a day)

After I submitted my resume online to the career service, I got a call for interview on campus. It was a simple interview with questions related to my resume and behavioral questions.

Interview Questions

Tell me something about yourself?

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2009 (took 2 days)

I applied using the company's website. Human resources called me to set up an interview and flew me down. When I arrived, an HR person went over the employee benefits. I then had three separate one-on-one interviews with engineers. Each one lasted about 45 minutes and was very conversational in nature. Overall, the experience was very typical.