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Senior Software Engineer at Constant Contact
No Offer – Interviewed in Waltham, MA May 2011 – Reviewed Apr 1, 2013
Interview Details – Had a phone screen which I breezed through, and then got called in for a face-to-face interview. Met with the HR person first to fill out paperwork. Then the Manager, and then 3 different techs one at a time. Answered their basic Java questions pretty easily, and then I met with the Manager again. Didn't get the offer, the feedback was the Manager, a much older gentleman, looked like he was ready to retire ... for some reason he just didn't "feel" right about hiring me. I sold myself professionally and tried to show my competent knowledge of Java.
Interview Question – Basic Java questions .... Answer Question
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Engineer at Constant Contact
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Waltham, MA Feb 2012 – Reviewed Mar 22, 2013
Interview Details – Very, very, very long. After the initial interviews over the phone, I had to go in for face-to-face interviews on 3 separate days with 3 to 6 people each day. Totally chaotic "process" where each person felt the need to sell you hard on the company. They desperately want to be a trendy web 2.0 company. Stroke their egos a bit, and the interviews are a breeze.
Interview Question – None, really. The technologies are just not that hard and the staff mostly has basic understanding of technologies. They seem to like to focus on new, exciting technologies for no valid reason other than trying to be trendy. If you know the basics and can BS, you'll do fine. Be sure to tell the interviewer how smart he/she is. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Not bad. The standard salary and benefits are decent and I don't think that they are able to negotiate much. I took this job as a stepping stone for increasing my salary from my former company with plans to move on to a corporate environment afterwards. I have since left and only spent a few months at this company. (They are dysfunctional.)
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Marketing Program Manager at Constant Contact
No Offer – Interviewed in Waltham, MA Jan 2013 – Reviewed Mar 11, 2013
Interview Details – Applied online and got a call from a recruiter for a telephone screening. After that, I was set up with a call with the hiring manager. After that call, I was invited in for an on-site interview with the hiring manager and staff from related departments. Everyone was really nice and professional. Seems like a good company with good people. I didn't get the job, but the recruiter followed up by phone to let me know. I appreciated the courtesy as it doesn't always happen.
Interview Question – No questions out of left field. All were good, relevant questions. Answer Question
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Customer Service at Constant Contact
No Offer – Interviewed in Waltham, MA Sep 2012 – Reviewed Feb 13, 2013
Interview Details – First, there was a phone interview with HR. If you pass that then you have an in person interview. After that you have to go in and take a 2 hour exam. After the exam you are supposed to meet with the hiring managers for an interview. I got an email a couple days after taking the exam apologizing that they took so long to get back to me (2 days is long?) and that all of the manager interview slots are filled up. Waste of time.
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IT Operations at Constant Contact
No Offer – Interviewed in Waltham, MA Feb 2011 – Reviewed Mar 25, 2011
Interview Details – Initial interview began with 15 minute screening by HR. Once you pass that they will invite you in for the 1st/2nd rounds of face to face interviews consisting of 2-3 hours each. They ask you tech questions from fundamentals of DNS to Email MTA methodology and process. Then they grill on a the basic of networking and OS stuff. They have been known to interview many candidates for one position. But the HR is very cordial, organized, and keep up up to date of their decision process.
Interview Questions
- Describe how DNS works from the client to the server. Whiteboarding required. View Answer
- Pick your favorite MTA and describe email server process in delivering email. How email is handled when it is undelivered. Whiteboarding required. View Answer
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Engineering Manager at Constant Contact
No Offer – Interviewed in Waltham, MA Sep 2009 – Reviewed Oct 8, 2009
Interview Details –
Things started off with a phone screen interview with an HR person. The usual.
This was followed a few days later by a phone interview with the hiring manager. This lasted about 90 minutes. Fairly typical behavioral interview.
About a week later, I had an in-house first round interview. I met with 8 people (including the hiring mgr and HR person again) in half-hour segments over 4 hours.
The people were nice and the interview process was fine, although it would have been nice to have done one of the interviews segments over lunch (I was scheduled from 11:00 to 3:00). Also, personally, I prefer longer time slots so that there is more time to get into more detailed conversations. However, overall, I found the company and the people interesting, and would have liked to pursue the opportunity further.
Interview Question – Nothing particularly difficult or unexpected. Traditional behavioral interviewing questions - tell me about challenging project, your management style, leadership abilities, how you deal with low performers, etc. Answer Question
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Direct Sales at Constant Contact
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Oct 2010 – Reviewed Jun 15, 2012
Interview Details – chaotic
Negotiation Details – Run as fast as you can from this company
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Business Development at Constant Contact
No Offer – Interviewed in Jan 2010 – Reviewed Jul 8, 2010
Interview Details – They were knuckleheads -- totally wasted my time. They didn't even know what they were looking for. It's a wonder these idiots are even in business.
Interview Question – What is the least amount of money you would accept to work for us? View Answer
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