NetApp Interview Questions & Reviews in Raleigh-Durham, NC Area
Updated Nov 15, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Engineer at NetApp
Posted Nov 15, 2011
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Raleigh, NC (took a day)
It was a phone interview. First the person introduced their group and what are they looking from a potential candidate. They wanted a quick learner and basic knowledge of web services, virtualization, java and some scripting languages. Then asked about mine project experiences.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Web Developer at NetApp
Posted Mar 30, 2011
3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Research Triangle Park, NC (took a day)
I had a very long phone interview with Director who asked me to come in and interview in person with others. The interview in person consisted of 3 people on potential team, and one manager of sister team. Each person was in the room one at a time, lasting about and hour per person. The first person was strictly technical, next was a little bit technical and a bit personality fit, third was all personality. The last person was the lead for the group. He was interesting. The entire hour I felt like I was watching a peacock spread its tail feathers and dance around. He talked about himself quite a bit and every once in a while he mentioned a game we were to play at the end. Well towards the end of the painful hour he decided to play this GREAT game. The game was basically throwing out two words and I needed to pick one without thinking...this was fun. "Sober" or "Party", "Complacent" or "Bored", it took him 3-4 minutes between each set of words to think of the next set. By the end of all this I realized I could not take this person as my lead, and I think my attitude showed that. Not to mention the fact that on the way out he showed me all the great video games and ping pong tables, but said "You don't want to get caught using this stuff when others are working." Cool.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Systems Administrator at NetApp
Posted Mar 17, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
4.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Research Triangle Park, NC (took 2 days)
I recieved a phone call by one of the two people that would later interview me. She asked me 15ish technical questions and skipped a bunch of the others. The very next day they wanted an in person interview. I met my contact and she took me in a room and threw some light questions at me and then a man "burst" through the door and immediately started asking more technical questions and really drilling in. It seemed like a good cop bad cop kinda ploy and very unproffessional. It was almost like they were bored with interviewing and wanted to mix it up.
The only reason I put the interview was difficult is I wanted to tell them how stupid they were being but had to hold my tongue.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Professional Services Consultant at NetApp
Posted Mar 5, 2011
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Research Triangle Park, NC (took a day)
Pleasant, in depth exchange. Companies can afford to be very picky in this client. I was amused at how many different roles and skills sets they try to pack into one position. I expect they will find a young man they would be willing to train to meet the many disparate requirements.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software QA Engineer at NetApp
Posted Oct 28, 2010
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Durham, NC (took 2 weeks)
They seems very reasonable about interview process. I had a phone screen interview first, and 1:1 interview with 6 different people in the group, and had another phone interview with a hiring manager. They asked very details about the programming, concept, and behavior questions.
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Negotiation Details
HR person mentioned the salary is not negotiable but very compatible.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Technical Support Engineer III at NetApp
Posted Sep 15, 2010
4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2009 in Research Triangle Park, NC (took a day)
They knew I was experience so they had a panel off their best EEs and then later a panel of the manager to drill me with questions. The more you answered right the harder and more detailed the got with the questions. Looking to discover what you know and don't know. Be sure to be honest because they will drill you on what you say you know.
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Negotiation Details
Not much room to negotiate
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Technical Support Engineer at NetApp
Posted Feb 15, 2010
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 in Durham, NC (took 2 weeks)
It started with your basic phone interview. Questions to weed out the incompetent and the Liars. After that an onsite group interview was scheduled for the following week. This consisted of 2 parts; the first part was a review of skills with the Technical Staff which I was asked to rate myself in several categories from 1-5. Then questions were asked in that level of skills to further narrow down the exact skill set. It sounds difficult but if you know your stuff and are honest in rating yourself then it was fairly easy. The second part of the interview consisted of meeting with the managerial component of your group and this interview was designed to elicit an accounting of your soft skills and general "fit' within the company. lastly the interview contained a Q&A session in order to clear up anything not really spelled out in the previous interview parts and to answer any candidate questions.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Software Engineering Manager at NetApp
Posted Mar 19, 2009 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 in Raleigh, NC (took 3 days)
My initial communications with the company was a phone call from HR. We discussed the position and setup a phone interview with the hiring Director. After the phone call, I emailed my resume to the HR person. The next day I spent about 30 minutes talking with the hiring Director. We discussed the position and company. He asked me several questions about my past history and why I was looking to leave my current position. Later that day I received an email from the HR person about setting up an onsite interview. At the onsite interview, I briefly met with the HR person who told me who I would be meeting with. The first person I talked with was the head of the local HR office. He told me about the company and asked me some general questions. We talked for about 20 minutes and was very easy.Next I met with 2 managers who would be my peers managers. We talked about the position and the culture of the company. They asked me a very technical questions but it also was very easy. Then I interviewed with a technical director. He asked me some very technical questions and to solve a IQ questions on the white board. This was the most difficult part of the whole interview process. Last I meet with the hiring director. We went over some more info from my resume and talked about my past experiences in more detail. His interview was easy. I then briefly met with the HR person before leaving. He told me I would be hearing from him in a few days. I received a phone call from the HR person 4 days later with a verbal offer.
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I chose to decline the offer for 2 reasons. The first was that they were only going to give me a 5% increase in base pay. I was looking to make a little more but this was not the main reason for declining. The main reason was that I was looking to move up in position. They were looking for a 1st level manager and I am currently a 2nd level manager looking to more into a 3rd level managment position.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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