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Updated Dec 20, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Engineer at Ciena
Posted Dec 20, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in City of Spokane Valley, WA (took a day)
Started of over the phone with a discussion with the manager of the team i was interviewing for.
Was called over a few weeks later for an onsite interview. Asked a few basic java concepts, Linked List implementation, DB concepts and was grilled on Operating systems
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Negotiation Details
No negotiation done from my side.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Lead Engineer at Ciena
Posted Jan 9, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in Gurgaon, Haryana (India) (took 2 weeks)
First round -
Telephonic interview with 2 member panel. Purely technical. Went about an hr.
Second round
1:1 - again a pure technical interview with 2 member panel. Mostly discussion around algorithm, STL, C, C++. Typical interview questions.
Data Structure and C mostly.
third round-
with Manager - semi tech. My Exp about leading a team. Standard C++ questions about inheritence, polymorphism etc.
Final round - with Director Engg. Non Technical. Just looked at resume and kept talking. Probably looking at ability to lead a team, tech depth and attitude.
offer came within a week
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Software Engineer at Ciena
Posted Oct 6, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 (took 1+ week)
Started off with a phone interview. Got selected and was asked for a 1:1 interview. Had 3 rounds of technical discussions followed by HR. Technical rounds were good. Stress was more on overall knowledge and coding skills.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Learning Solutions Business Leader at Ciena
Posted Sep 7, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in Washington, DC (took 1 week)
It appeared that the interviewer was unclear about the basic qualifications for the position.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Module Lead at Ciena
Posted Jun 10, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 in Gurgaon, Haryana (India) (took 4+ weeks)
Had a phone interview. on Network Management concept. Then had a face to face interview at gurgoan interview was quite OK.
Reason for Declining
Distance from my home town. And, Salary could not meet the loss of going have from home town.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Accounting at Ciena
Posted Mar 17, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 (took 4 weeks)
Had a phone interview which consisted of rapid fire "give me an example when..." type questions. HR told me you only get 15 days of leave to start, which is much lower than most companies I interviewed with. I was told they'd get back to me in a couple days. However, it took 2 weeks. After that I had two 1:1 in person interviews. Great location. I'm not sure about other depts, but the accounting group was working lots of OT and I was told I'd have to work one Sunday each quarter (and not able to work from home). Overall bad experience. Not that I would have take that job (I couldn't get out of there fast enough), but HR told me they would get back to me either way the next day yet I never heard back.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Ciena
Posted Jan 30, 2010
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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 Nov 2008 in Kanata, ON (Canada) (took a day)
Interview consisted of a one on one with a senior manager. The interview was fairly relaxed, the interviewer just ran through my resume and asked me about my previous work experience and describe what I did there. No technical questions were asked, just running through my resume.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Ciena
Posted Jan 21, 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 2009 in Ottawa, ON (Canada) (took 1 week)
I got a call from the HR Recruiter from Ciena asking me to come for an interview after 2 days.
I was interviewed by the manager and a software engineer. All the questions during the interview were asked by the software engineer and I answered them correctly. Actually I started dominating the software engineer and I believe that is why he didn;t recommend me for the position. The manager just sat there and listened while I did most of the talking.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Ciena
Posted Mar 18, 2009
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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 Jul 2008 in Linthicum Heights, MD (took a day)
I was contacted by a recruiter about the job opening. The recruiter collected my CV and cover letter. Did not hear anything back for a couple weeks. Then, I was called back by the recruiter who indicated the company wanted me to come for an in-person interview. The interview day consisted of a series of 1-on-1 and 1-on-2. Interviews consisted of mostly work-history related questions and many opportunities to find out about what the job requires. There were no behavioral questions. The process was very low stress. I should add that it was for a rather small group within the organization.
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Negotiation Details
I did this through the negotiator. They met my initial target salary that I stated to the recruiter. I was able to stretch my starting date a week out (I had wanted to push out it 2 weeks more) and that was the extent of my negotiation.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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