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Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Feb 2011 in Hyderabad (India) (took a day)

typical C++ interview. The first interview was technical. You can always predict C++ interview questions...so nothing new here. The interviewer was amazed that I knew what virtual inheritance is all about! The second interview was a "managerial" round. The manager shows up and asks if I liked doing maintenance and bug fixing. I said yes but it should only be one of my responsibilities. But they wanted someone who was 100% into maintenance, bug fixing and reverse engineering (don't be fooled by this word, it basically means "we have a lot of code but no documentation so you will have to figure out stuff all by your self.") One positive: the Hyderabad campus is a beauty, the facilities are top class and pay is good. If you are married and middle aged, this is the place to be!

Interview Questions

How do you create a "final" or "leaf" class in C++

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2010 in Hyderabad (India) (took 2+ weeks)

it was good and very challenging. We had to go thru 4 rounds of technical interview and the process was quick.

Interview Questions

what do you not like in your team mates

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

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jun 2011 in Hyderabad (India) (took 5 weeks)

It was good and prompt. Questions asked were of moderate complexity

Interview Questions

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

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Negotiation Details

I had a competing offer so negotiation was straight forward.

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test and a Background Check.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Oct 2010 in Framingham, MA (took 3 weeks)

Phone chat with the recruiter, followed by a mandatory on-line assessment (personality + iq). Then phone with the hiring manager, followed by 2 sets of group interviews 4-5 hours each. Quick decision making, no bull before, during, or after the interviews. Highly technical people, friendly, but thorough in probing your skills. Not a single idiotic question (sort of "...tell us why are you the best candidate?" - none of that), technical, no-nonsense. Very positive overall impression from the interviews.

Interview Questions

Describe the structure of a SOAP message

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How do you improve scalability of a web site?

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Reason for Declining

25% what I read on this board, 30% feedback from former employees I know, 25% weakish benefits, sucky work environment and commute (remoting discouraged, yak...) The rest is - the job didn't sound too appealing to me either.

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Dec 2008 in Petaluma, CA (took 2 days)

Just regular talk about the position and the work which I have done in the past. Not too technical, but just general questions about the type of work that I have done and my expertise. I met with the Director of Engineering, two of my potential co-workers, and then the VP of engineering.