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Updated Feb 7, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Production Engineer, Associate at Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Posted Feb 8, 2012
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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 2010 in San Jose, CA (took 2 days)
initially, the process begins with a phone interview. the HR representative gets your basic information about your past experience and relevant skill sets applicable to the job posting. the next stage is a one on one interview with various department managers. They ask you general electromechanical questions, but they are more concern on how well you are receptive to learning new concepts and technology.
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Negotiation Details
straight forward. i was able to get an estimated salary of similar position from salary.com. i offered $50K-$55k. They countered with $53K. I later found out the other new jr. engineers were offered the same salary.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Drug Test, a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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EAM at Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Posted Nov 14, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in New York, NY (took 1 week)
Standard stuff - face to face, meeting with manager, battery of HR interviews. Final step is with HR - they can make or break your chances. Don't take it casually
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Finance at Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Posted Jun 9, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Center Valley, PA (took 2 months)
Applied online and received a call from hiring manager. Had a phone interview with a consultant/recruiting company. Had three onsite interviews. Third onsite was a repeat of the same questions. Process is long, tedious and dis-organized.
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Reason for Declining
How the interview process was done reflected to me how the managers in the company operate. Also, the employee benefits are very poor. They do not even give a 401K match unless the company meets a certain target %.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Marketing Manager at Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Posted May 31, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Center Valley, PA (took 7 months)
- Long and drawn out.
- HR lead me to believe and title indicated that the job was a management position; I learned later that HR had already planned to down grade the position once accepted.
- Several of the interviewers admitted to not reading my resume.
- The CEO, Mark Gumz, gave the best interview of the group as he had read and memorized portions of my resume.
- There was confusion among the interviewers as to what the job even entailed.
- When pointed questions were asked of HR, they struggled to answer.
- Expect very poor feedback from Olympus; you might rightly interpret that they are too busy for you.
- Equal Opportunity Issue: Your chances increase exponentially if you are young (fresh out of college), female, blond, tall, and sexy. Based on actual numbers you have a 10 to 1 chance of getting a job if you meet the above criteria.
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Inappropriate?
Senior Software Engineer at Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Posted Mar 14, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took 5 weeks)
Applied online and received a call from HR after 4 weeks. Scheduled a phone screen the following week. The HR gentleman asked basically about my background and why I wanted to try Olympus. All seemed to be OK except he sounded disappointed that I did not have much medical device development background although I was working for a company manufactoring medical devices. Talked about compensation and he said he would pass on my information to the management and let me know regardless what the decide is or I could contact him. Followed up on him the next day and sent him the web address of my current company. He replied and made sure I was still interested in the job and the salary range was OK and indicaed he would pass on my information to the manager. More than a week had gone by with no message from Olym. Since teh HR said I could contact him regarding my status so I contacted him (otherwise I do not bother. I understand they are busy recruiting whatever) asking what was going on. Days has gone by and still no message from the HR. Guess I was too naive to believe what HR people say. I do not care a bit that HR people do not get back to me, I just felt betrayed since the HR made me think I would get a message regardless so I thougt it was necesary to show some enthusiasm to contact him again. Well, I was wrong. so, I just have to give a negative mark on Olym's interview process.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Background Check and a Phone Interview.
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Sales at Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Posted Mar 8, 2011
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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 Feb 2009 (took 2 months)
I have been with the company for a long time, just putting something in here so I can move forward.
Negotiation Details
Great
Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Presentation.
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Senior Telecom Analyst at Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Posted Jan 28, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took 3 weeks)
The interview process took 4 weeks, phone, face to face, phone again, nothing for 2 weeks other than "not being considered" on their web site. Red flags all over, not sure I would have accepted their offer.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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IT at Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Posted Dec 28, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2008 in Center Valley, PA (took 2+ months)
Well they asked for all my IT certs, I faxed oave all my Microsoft Certs, i.e MCP, MCSE and I get a call
from HR asking for my MSCE Cert proof, I told him I sent it via fax, and he said all he got was a cert for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.. Humm I told him that was my MCSE, so take that for what it is....
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Negotiation Details
Times were tough not much to negotiate and they knew it...
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test, a Personality Test, a Skills Test, a Presentation, a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Accounting at Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Posted Sep 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 Sep 2010 (took 4 weeks)
Very professional and relaxed
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Nothing
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Project Leader at Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Posted Jul 20, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Oct 2008 in Center Valley, PA (took 2 months)
The hiring process is long and tedious every hiring manager is different. Typically this is how it goes, phone screen by a talent specialist, interview with hiring manager then an interview with senior management and if you are at a high enough level you interview with the CEO.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test, a Personality Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
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