Hitachi Data Systems Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – The recruiter emailed me about my interest in the position after I submitted an application online 1 day before. After, she sent me questions about myself (education, work experience, etc.) and let me know that she would send my resume/those answers to the hiring manager. 2-3 later, I was invited for an on-site interview with the hiring manager.

The on-site interview consisted of a lot of questions about the role and whether I would be interested in the position or have the skill set. No behavioral questions at all. Lots of time for questions TO the hiring manager.

Interview Details – I had two phone screen interviews. One of them was technical around storage, type of storage, storage management, protocols(iSCSI,Fiber Channel), LUN masking/unmasking..
Second interview was primarily towards understanding of architecture and distributed system and how to make the stack scalable. Post this, I have 5 onsite interviews which were pretty standard for a dev manager.

Interview Details – A very long process!!
I applied online, recruiter reached out to me pretty fast. had a good talk about the job and requirements. She felt i was a good match and forwarded request to hiring manager. called me back for on site. asked your usual questions. Got back to me within about 10 days on the result. recruiter said wanted me to meet with her boss. her boss was out for month plus due to xmas holidays. ok fine we can wait til he is back from vacation. Throughout the entire process recruiter is responsive... I go in for the meeting with the hiring manager's boss. Guy spends a good portion reading my resume. describes a little about the company. asks me one question and that was to describe my overall work experience. NOTHING else. I try to volunteer info but was politely declined. His response was "if i need more info I will get it from the hiring manager" um hello, i'm having an interview with you so you can ask me questions why get it from the hiring manager. After that the recruiter turns non response... even got an email asking for feedback on my interview... more surprisingly they did not need people to interview w the team in which the hire would work with...

Interview Details – Initial process went smoothly, including from initial contact with recruiter through on site with hiring manager. Issue though in they never followed up with me again.

Interview Details – Phone and face to face interviews. Talked to three individuals.

Interview Details – These people have the sickest, most awesome, most difficult interview process and questions I have every experienced and I have almost 2 decades of experience. They are the elite of the elite in many ways; it was an honor to be interviewed. It was a shame that it didn't work out - they are very busy people and didn't have time to get back to me in time; I had to moe on. So, I guess one could say "Slow, multi-person interview process"

Interview Details – 2 phone screens, 3 rounds onsite interview

Negotiation Details – not much

Interview Details – I had appled for this position about 2 or 3 months before I was contacted by email. I had actually forgotten I had applied. The recruiter seemed nice and told me they were looking to move fast on this position. We talked about salary and other things like relocation. They knew from the start I was not local and told me straight up there was no relocation package but there could be a sign on bonus which I was ok with. Then another recruiter contacted me to set up the phone interview with the manager and the other employee doing the same job. No clue why another recruiter got involved because she was cc'ing the other recruiter on all emails. Interview was scheduled and they called me. I should mention they were very adamant about me interviewing as quickly as possible. Both manager and employee were on the interview. Started off with the manager explaining the job, the company,etc. Then the other guy was there for technical questions. Wasn't very many questions. Just him explaining the environment and me explaining my current experience. Then the manager brought up relocation. He told me they had another guy with a similar situation (has a family) that got cold feet and backed out last minute about moving across the country. I knew where this was headed. I was honest and said I had never really been to that area but was very interested in the job and relocating there. I'm not a job hopper, just looking to change companies. I thought the interview went well. I even sent the manager a couple of scripts to fix some issues in their environment. He responded to me very appreciative and said they would be making a decision soon and I would hear from them in a couple days. Fast forward 2 weeks. Had not heard anything. I can take a hint, but I wanted to hear an answer anyways. I emailed both recruiters and the manager and didn't get a single response. 3 days later the original recruiter emailed me saying they found someone who's skills better aligned with the position.... I can only interpret that to mean we found someone we didn't have to pay to relocate. As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for.

Interview Details – I got a call within days of posting my resume. The recruiter was awesome. She was knowledgeable and straightforward. The people who helped her schedule phone and then in- person interviews were also responsive. Scheduling done via email. Offer was all electronic. It was all so professional and so quick - I was excited about the company and position.

Unfortunately, once the job started I found there was no new hire training, no plan for who I should meet or to teach me the job expectations. No clear direction on what I was supposed to. I was left to "figure it out" myself and a colleague who sat by me said that was how HDS rolls. You get hired and then it's "good luck!" and you sink or swim. The job was also not what I was told during the interview. The aspects of the position that were left out by the interviewers were key to my ability to do & like the job. Had I learned those things during the interview, I would NOT have accepted the job. Instead, I painfully figured those things out and resigned within 2 months. They basically misrepresented the job and now I have to explain to potential employers why I was only there for a brief time and it doesn't feel too good.

Negotiation Details – There was no negotiation - I accepted right away because recruiter and I had talked about my comp expectations at the beginning of the process.