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Updated Sep 30, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Senior Software Engineer at Motorola
Posted Sep 30, 2011
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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 2010 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 5 days)
Phone interview - Search algorithm, Qs based on projects
On site:
Round 1: Based on Android fundamentals, previous work
Round 2: Algorithm based on array manipulation, another in string algo.
Round 3: Concurrency, threads based fundamentals, reader/writer
Round 4: Graphics, bitmap fundamentals
Round 5: Open ended Qs - analysis.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Software Engineer at Motorola
Posted Aug 2, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Jul 2011 (took a day)
1 year Contract position with possible extension. First interview was on the phone, few little technical questions but nothing hard. They asked me about my past projects and what languages I am the most comfortable with and explained me who and what they are looking for regarding their upcoming project.
After that I got an on-site interview, 3x45 minutes, most of it technical with few behavioral questions.
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Negotiation Details
I am negotiating the salary through an agency, not directly with Motorola, that makes things harder !
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Senior Software Engineer at Motorola
Posted Jul 7, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in San Diego, CA (took 1 week)
I'm actually kicking myself a little for not landing this job. As far as questions go, they were almost all softball/undergrad level questions. I had 6 interviewers, 4 from managers and 2 technical, 5 of them were polite and professional. The last one was a technical interviewer who looked quite unhappy to be interviewing me and would often interrupt and talk over me when I was trying to answer him. Considering it was the 6th hour my interview process, I would hope he would give me some time to write out my answers. However, before I could finish, he would often lean over and begin to cross out and write over my answers. At one point he said, "if you claim to have learned JAVA, then you should know singleton classes." This, to be honest, was a bit hurtful as it felt as though he was attacking my credibility and intelligence. When he attempted to explain it to me, I felt as though he couldn't give a good example as he tried to state something about using a private modifier when I believe he was trying to mention the keyword static. Overall, I liked the experience. One out of six interviews was not difficult, but unpleasant.
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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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Senior Software Engineer at Motorola
Posted Jun 13, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Lowell, MA (took a day)
this review applies to Motorola Mobility - a Motorola spin-off, which is somehow still in Motorola's corporate structure.
After 1 phone screen was invited for an on-site interview with a group of engineers (4 total). Prior to the interview had to fill a long application form. Interviews were average, no difficult technical questions, very friendly. Took me around the place and labs. I was unimpressed with the work environment - small dark cubicles. I didn't feel excited about either the environment or the work they are doing. There was a little test they asked me to write. It was pretty easy, except for the ObjectiveC part, in which I didn't claim any knowledge.
I rate this interview as a positive, as I liked all the people, the questions were relevant and to the point, and the attitude was friendly. I was not interested in pursuing this position, and, apparently, the feeling was mutual.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Senior Software Engineer at Motorola
Posted Jun 4, 2011
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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 Jun 2009 in Schaumburg, IL (took 1 week)
It was simple for me since I was already working with Motorola
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Other Details
I Applied Online 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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Senior Software Engineer at Motorola
Posted Nov 22, 2010
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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 Jan 2008 (took a day)
interview process is very cool
i just had one technical round taken by two people and then I had HR round
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at Motorola
Posted Sep 25, 2010
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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 Sep 2008 (took a day)
met with 3 engineers who asked couple of questions about previous experience, programming skills....
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at Motorola
Posted Sep 18, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Plantation, FL (took 3 days)
I am a fresher and we talked about various projects I did. I had 5 rounds where they explained how many teams are involved in the project and which team does what. The office was pretty informal and everyone was approachable and friendly. The interview procedure was also pretty informal.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at Motorola
Posted Aug 7, 2010
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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 Jan 2008 in Saint Petersburg (Russia) (took 1 week)
Phone call only since I was from another city. After 2nd calls they made me an offer.
First interview - technical. Common tech questions on OS (processes vs threads), data structures (trees/arrays/graphs), algorithms (traversal).
Second - on my expectations, why I was leaving my current employer, etc... HR is very nice but know its job when salary is negotiated (anything you said why do you want to change your job will be used against you :) ).
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Negotiation Details
Ask for salary 15% more that you expect you get eventually.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at Motorola
Posted Aug 2, 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 Jul 2010 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 5 days)
Call from recruiter, call from hiring manager, call from team member
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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