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Updated May 14, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Very Easy Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2011 in Franklin, MA (took a day)

The interview was very fast, as I met with 2 HR recruiters for 10 minutes each. They asked me simple questions about why I was qualified for the position, as well as why they should hire me over someone with a sales degree. They told me they were interviewing about 4000 candidates, hence the feeling of being rushed through the whole process.

Interview Questions

Why should we hire you over a student with a sales degree?

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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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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 in Hopkinton, MA (took 1 week)

5 hours interview, 1-2 interview had manay technical questions.

Interview Questions

Describe three most often used methods to resolve memory leaks?

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Reason for Declining

Salary too low.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Dec 2009 in Cambridge, MA (took a day)

I got a interview call for Cambridge position for software QE and I went there for 1:1 interview .
The interview was totally based on the resume. There were 4 people including manager who took my interview.

Interview Questions

Project Questions. How you did this project and that project. No technical question at all.

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Negotiation Details

You can negotiate easily with EMC

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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 Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2008 in Boston, MA (took a day)

Called me in for in person interview. No technical questions asked. Just described what i was supposed to do in the position.

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

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Dec 2009 in Hopkinton, MA (took 2 weeks)

I have interned at EMC so it was easy to figure out who to talk about there LDP program. I expressed my interest in the program and asked them to call me when they would be interviewing. I got a call a couple months later asking me to meet with a group of HR hiring managers and have a presentation ready to give to them.

They do a good job of making you feel comfortable so don't be upset if you think you had a good interview but they dont give you an offer. They are looking for the very best talent in the world and people are breaking down the door to get into there programs. They are a first class organization and it shows from the second you walk in the door. Honesty will get you far, so remember if you get an interview your probably very bright and have nothing to hide. The people you meet with are very experienced so trying to "wing it" or give them the answers you think they want to hear isnt going to cut it. If your a recent grad interviewing for any position at EMC and you really want the job make sure they arnt your first interview they are going to ask the hard questions. Find out what sense of urgency means.

Interview Questions

If you where in an elevator with Joe Tucci what would you say?

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Describe a time when you where a leader and failed. What did you do to fix the problem so next time you would do better?

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Other Details

I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed May 2010 in Hopkinton, MA (took 1 week)

First a phone interview with the group manager. Basic behavioral questions and reviewed my resume. I was then contacted by a recruiter to setup a time to come in and have a face-to-face.

Face-to-face consisted of 3 panels of 2 interviewers and a 1-on-1 interview. First panel was mostly behavioral with a few technical questions. Second and third panels were much more technical and in-depth. The 1:1 was mostly behavioral as it was with the director.

Interview Questions

Class B is derived from class A. When I create a pointer of type class B, which function does it point to? (they gave me a code example to look at)

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What are Private, Public, and Protected?

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Write a function to take in an input and clear bit 3.

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Negotiation Details

They gave me a good offer so I didn't really have to negotiate, but it seems like it wouldn't be too hard. They were flexible with my start date.

Other Details

I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Dec 2009 in Hopkinton, MA (took 4+ weeks)

The interview went well. No generic interview questions. Easy going interview.
Interview was left open ended with no mention of when I would hear back.
They asked me my salary requirements, I asked what the position generally pays and I was looked at strangely.

Interview Questions

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

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What is your weakness?

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 in Franklin, MA (took 3 weeks)

Phone interview. If they like you, they'll fly you out to their location for a one on one at their expense. One on one was fairly easy. Make sure you know the company and what they do. You meet with a variety of different managers. If you move from manager to manager fairly quickly, you know you are doing well and they want to get you in front of as many people as possible to get a good look. Make sure you close them and share why you are excited about the opportunity. Prepare. Understand the company and it's technology.

Negotiation Details

Set compensation structure. May give money for relocation.

Other Details

The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2008 in Hopkinton, MA (took 4+ weeks)

My resume was referred by an employee.. I had two interviews mainly focusing on my academic projects and programming knowledge.. After which I was invited for a 1:1 interview with the team.. I had 4 different 1 hr interviews on problem solving and coding skills.. I was offered the position after 2 weeks.

Interview Questions

write code for BST

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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jun 2009 in Hopkinton, MA (took a day)

I got the email from university co-op director that I got a on-site interview for performance engineer position in EMC. I went to their headquarter at Hopkinton in the scheduled date. Three person, a product manager, two engineer (don't know exact title) interviewed me there. They first ask me the most questions about the most recent work I shown in my resume. Then all the questions are about computer architectures, such as cache mechanism, RAID basics, parity algorithm. It takes about 45 mins. In the way back to home. I got the phone call that I got the offer.