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Software Engineer at EMC
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Jan 19, 2013
Interview Details – 4-5 interviews. Most conversational.
Interview Question – where do you see yourself in 5 years. Answer Question
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Programs Manager at EMC
No Offer – Interviewed in Hopkinton, MA Apr 2012 – Reviewed Jan 8, 2013
Interview Details – The interview process begins with an email from an EMC recruiter setting up a time and place for the interview with the hiring manager. My hiring process consisted of email, phone and in-person interview.
Interview Question – Part of my interview included quickly researching types of memory were on the market and which type was utilized in an EMC product offering Answer Question
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Principal Deal Desk Analyst - IIG - Pleasanton Ca at EMC
No Offer – Interviewed in Pleasanton, CA Dec 2012 – Reviewed Jan 7, 2013
Interview Details – Interview process was quick for a large company. Recruiter, hiring manager, and upper management executives were very friendly during the interviews. Would have LOVE to work for them.
Interview Question – Standard interview questions were asked. None that were unexpected. Answer Question
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QA at EMC
No Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA Feb 2012 – Reviewed Dec 11, 2012
Interview Details – I got the phone screen with the technical lead and he will be more concentrated in how well you understand the programming logic and even some Java question such as what is interface and thread, which is interesting.
Interview Question – There are some software engineer question which I believe they care more about how well you can work with the developer or as a developer Answer Question
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Senior Solutions Architect at EMC
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Pleasanton, CA – Reviewed Dec 1, 2012
Interview Details – I was brought over by my boss from a previous company, so the communication was all through him. The interview was straight forward and more of a formality. Took a very very very long time (6 weeks) to get from the verbal accept stage to get an actual offer in hand.
Interview Question – There weren't any actual questions during my interview. Answer Question
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Intern at EMC
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Providence, RI Oct 2012 – Reviewed Nov 9, 2012
Interview Details – Submitted my resume through my school. First round interview just consisted of them going through my resume and asking behavioral questions.
Interview Question – Name a time when you led a group that didn't work out. Answer Question
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Business Analyst at EMC
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Hopkinton, MA Oct 2008 – Reviewed Oct 29, 2012
Interview Details – Recruiting process began on my university campus and took 3+ months, 3 interviews.
Negotiation Details – NA
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Manager at EMC
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Hopkinton, MA Nov 2008 – Reviewed Oct 19, 2012
Interview Details – Very technical interview for even manager position. I had interviewed with RSA, security division of EMC. Initially there were multiple phone screens before getting on site interview. Onsite interview was also whole day exercise of mixed technical, management interviews.
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Threat modeling process end to end and follow up questions like how CVSS ranking works etc
The other question on change management
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Negotiation Details – i learned through long negotiation phase that EMC recruiters don't negotiate salaries. Once they offer some number, they stick to it even at cost of losing great candidate.
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Software Engineer at EMC
No Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA – Reviewed Oct 16, 2012
Interview Details – All the people were really sweet and great to chat with. They went the extra mile to make sure I was comfortable. I was contacted by the recruiter initially and he set up 2 phone interviews, after which there were 4 1:1 onsite interviews. I screwed up one section very badly..
Interview Question – Distributed theory. Answer Question
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Inside Sales Representative at EMC
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Franklin, MA Apr 2011 – Reviewed Sep 6, 2012
Interview Details – Multiple interviews. First round was like speed dating with 9 different managers or employees. Second round was onsite with 2 or 3 of my potential managers. The process was not overly stressful, but if you don't really want the job the interviewer will know and you won't get the job.
Interview Question – Are you too smart for this job? View Answer
Negotiation Details – Not much negotiation. The sales associate phase is short term and the real money with a promotion to an inside sales rep.
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