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IT COOP at CAE
No Offer – Interviewed in Tampa, FL – Reviewed Mar 7, 2013
Interview Details – HR sat me down, we watched a video reviewing CAE and what they do. Then I was interviewed by 3 people. First finance manager, then technical database manager, and finally the hiring manager.
Interview Question – Review this code sample, what does it do? View Answer
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Group Lead Scheduler at CAE
No Offer – Interviewed in DFW, TX May 2012 – Reviewed May 17, 2012
Interview Details – Contact from HR. Interviewed with four different people from different facets of the business that the position would interact with.
Interview Question – How would you get past a situation where the group that you're leading is very experienced and not inclined to change their ways? Answer Question
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Systems Software Specialist at CAE
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Montreal, QC (Canada) – Reviewed May 19, 2013
Interview Details – 3 Rounds. 1 at Uni, 2 Technical [C/C++ Questions], experience if any, 3rd HR, brain twisting management questions..
Interview Question – The Tech questions were ok, I am bad with HR stuff. Answer Question
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Manager at CAE
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in May 2009 – Reviewed May 11, 2013
Interview Details – Called for interview. First HR will scrutinize the Resume and will conduct the initial interviews. They will verify the Academic qualifications
Interview Question – They will ask our opinion about the industry Answer Question
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Design Engineer at CAE
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Montreal, QC (Canada) Nov 2009 – Reviewed May 5, 2013
Interview Details – First, I received a phone call concerning my application, and I was interviewed by phone. Second I was called in for a full interview which consisted of a lengthy period of waiting for the supervisor and human resources personnel to show up. Having sat down to be interviewed, I was asked rather general questions that people normally get asked, and was asked about my experience in 3D design, namely Pro Engineer which is used by CAE.
Interview Question – What are your weaknesses? View Answer
Negotiation Details – No Negotiation.
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Systems Software Specialist at CAE
No Offer – Reviewed Feb 12, 2013
Interview Details –
Got a call from the HR person and asked me some basic questions about current employment,availabilites and expectations. After that, we set up a date for an interview with a hiring manager. The interview was fully bilingual 50% French, 50% English.
2 managers interviewed me. They asked me the usual questions (tell me about yourself, describe what you did in your previous internships, what makes you the best candidate, etc...) and then some situatutional questions: eg. What would you do if you couldn't complete a project on time and the client was coming the morning after?
After that, they gave me some problems on paper to solve. Nothing too difficult if you are qualified. Logic diagrams, control system diagrams, finding the mistakes in a code.
Interview Question – Nothing really difficult. They put some pressure on you to see how you react while doing the technical problems. Answer Question
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Systems Software Specialist at CAE
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Montreal, QC (Canada) – Reviewed Nov 15, 2012
Interview Details – I met first with the HR person and, after that, the Group Leader who finally hired me. I submitted my CV through my university's career centre since I just got my bachelor degree in Computer Engineering. I got the usual HR questions, nothing very difficult here. At the technical interview, nothing very difficult, since, at that time, CAE was using the same technology I was using at university.
Interview Question – Questioning my worst grade in my transcript. View Answer
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Analyst Programmer at CAE
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Montreal, QC (Canada) Sep 2012 – Reviewed Oct 29, 2012
Interview Details – I had a previous chat with the HR person over the phone, after which I got an interview with them. They explained to me the job I would work on and what was required. Overall it wasn't really though and was mostly relaxed talk about the company and what they needed me to do.
Interview Question – What salary do you expect View Answer
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3D Artist at CAE
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Montreal, QC (Canada) May 2010 – Reviewed Oct 15, 2012
Interview Details – Was pinged by company to switch to them as they were forming a new team. We had 2 informal meetings with project lead whom I knew and the 2 project "owners". HR took over beyond that and we had one meeting followed by back and forth offers and counter offers. People are friendly but HR felt cold and wanting to play hardball. Offices in Montreal (mothership) are dreadful compared to the ones in St-Laurent.
Interview Question – Why you over that new graduate willing to work for 25K/y? View Answer
Reason for Declining – Would've been a pay cut to where I was at. Counter-offered, which was accepted after a 3 month probation period.
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Intern at CAE
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Montreal, QC (Canada) – Reviewed Sep 21, 2012
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Met HR at university career fair, had a discussion on roles available.
Got a interview call from another HR in a week's time, interview was pretty good, two TL's took the interview.
Interview Question – No question was very difficult, if you know C/C++ well, your chances of getting selected are high :) Answer Question
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