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Project Manager at Electronic Data Systems
Posted Mar 27, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2008 in Plano, TX (took a day)
Since they were interviewing for PM the, panel asked a lot of questions related to PM experience. They are looking for more experience using MSPS server and I had none. Though i had a lot experience working on MS project, it did not matter to the panel.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Software Engineer at Electronic Data Systems
Posted Feb 13, 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 Jan 2010 (took 5 days)
first got call about test and then gave test which was good...then followed by onsite interview in which they asked about my resume previous projects. They told they will give me call in 2 weeks waiting for call..its more than 2 weeks ..so assuming i got rejected
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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IT Management at Electronic Data Systems
Posted Jan 13, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2008 in Plano, TX (took 2 days)
Phone interview focused on current work and possible opportunities at EDS, there was not an open position applied for. Conversation led to a in-person meeting. Once on-site further discussion did not identify a real need for a senior manager at the time but the discussion was extremely positive and professional and seemed a very good fit in the future.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Systems Administrator at Electronic Data Systems
Posted Nov 4, 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 Oct 2009 in West Palm Beach, FL (took 4 days)
First contact was via recruiter then a phone interview followed with team members. Phone interview was moderately technical, asking basic AD, Citrix, Cisco questions. Group interview followed with team members that was more of a personality interview than a technical one.
Interview Questions
Active Directory - name the 5 FSMO roles.
Negotiation Details
Position was contract-to-hire, so no negotiation on contract pay. Negotiation took place after contract expired and full-time position was offered.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Data Coordinator at Electronic Data Systems
Posted Jun 4, 2009
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2009 in Pontiac, MI (took a day)
Overview of the company and (minimal) background on what EDS acually does. Quick run down of job requirements, followed by a few questions on your skill set and how would you handle certain situations.
The interview also shows some of the manuals and materials of thier databases and what I would be working on. She explained the dynamic of the worplace (team oriented), and that I would be crossed trained in different areas to help cover for someone if need be.
The person let me know the possiblity of long hours and frantic deadlines. I will give the interviewer credit for being honest on the current state of EDS as for as mergers (HP), clients(GM is only one in Pontiac) and cutbacks (they are only hiring temps as opposed to 'real' payroll workers).
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Reason for Declining
The process was through a temp agency, who really didn't know what the job consist of besides really general and cyptic job requirements. I got to the interview and the job is completely different than what was lead to believe. I was really turned off by the amount of pay for what the job requires ($8/hour), as well as the layoffs, employee pay cuts & uncertainty of the company (Thir only client in Pontiac is GM, which just filed for bankrupcy this week).
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Information Analyst at Electronic Data Systems
Posted Apr 30, 2009
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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 Apr 2009 in West Lafayette, IN (took a day)
Went into EDS corporate headquarters in West Lafayette, IN for what would be a phone interview. Odd? Yes. To commute for an hour just to be interviewing with several Java Developers in California. Well, initially I fielded technical Java questions with ease, as the interview continued, the interviewers were able to delve more deeply into basic topics and to find my weak areas. So this is to say that the interview got progressively more difficult. However, I felt a lot of satisfaction in being able to field questions as well as I did for the first half hour or so. The interview was quite long (over two hours), but the time passed very quickly. All in all, despite a bit of sarcasm from the interviewers after I failed to answer a question, things went well.
I felt that I struggled throughout the latter half of the interview, but received an offer anyway...It was fun!
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Negotiation Details
The company did use some spurious and deceptive negotiation tactics, citing that since I had a misdemeanor on my record, that I had no room to negotiate. Since when does THAT have ANYTHING to do with negotiation. I am happy with my salary nonetheless, but oh well.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Business Analyst at Electronic Data Systems
Posted Mar 25, 2009
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 (took 1 week)
Interview with hiring manager plus 2 team members (non managers). Lots of talk about team, standard "talk me through your career highlights". Standard "interview" questions of "where do you see yourself in 5 years", "tell me about a challenging personal situation"; "tell me about a situation involving conflict that you managed to resolve". Not very much specific information about role interviewing for.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Systems Analyst at Electronic Data Systems
Posted Mar 24, 2009
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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 Aug 2007 in Spring Hill, TN (took a day)
Fairly informal, they brought me on site showed me around and let me talk to several of the team leads. Each had there on areas of interest(Applications,Network,Operations) and they quizzed me a little on each subject to see how I responded. Once each of the team leads had talked to me I was taken to the manager for more questioning.
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Negotiation Details
Try to get as much as possible because raises are few and far between.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Infrastructure Specialist at Electronic Data Systems
Posted Mar 22, 2009
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2008 (took 2 weeks)
I was a contractor and there was a contractor to employee conversion. The regional manager called me and offered me a job. The manager was straight to the point and told me what I could expect and what not to expect. After this verbal interview was done the manager offered me a salary with the condition of satisfactory passing of the background check and the drug test. After both of these were complete I received my offer letter and all the paperwork necessary.
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Negotiation Details
I was not in a position to negotiate because the offer that I received was above and beyond what my current compensation was.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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system Administrative at Electronic Data Systems
Posted Mar 18, 2009
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2007 in Tulsa, OK (took a day)
Questions were asked that pertained nothing to the job / field of work I was applying for. It seemed like the interviewer went out and googled "questions to ask in an interview" and them read them off of the paper. Questions asked were somewhere along the lines of "Have you ever been stuck in a jam and how did you get out" "Do you work well with others?" Nothing pertaining to my skills aimed at the position in question.
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Negotiation Details
Nothing. These people are focused on one thing and that is money. The less money they have to spend on you or your salary the more money they can use to take corporate fat cats out to eat at fancy restaurants in an attempt to etter present themselves. It is every man for himself at this company with no bartering.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Background Check.
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