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Sales Engineer at Red Hat
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Mountain View, CA May 2012 – Reviewed May 16, 2013 New
Interview Details – Contacted via Linked In and had a very nice recruiter. I did 2 phone screens then came in for an in person interview in the Mountain View office. 3 person panel interview with a presentation. Both technical and sales oriented questions. I felt the interview was conducted professionally and well organized.
Interview Question – The most difficult question was how I would sell and integrate one of the Red Hat products that I did not have any experience with. I had some time to research it before answering. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – The offer was above my expectations.
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Sales Engineer at Red Hat
No Offer – Interviewed in Research Triangle Park, NC Sep 2012 – Reviewed Apr 24, 2013
Interview Details – Started out bad from the beginning. Lady was 30 minutes late and that ran the whole interview late. I had to be back at my other job and that was made clear before going in. They said no problem they could accommodate. That certainly was not the case. i was called back and asked for second interview.. I said sure no Problem.. Same thing happened.. I was called back again and declined. People seemed to have chip on shoulder also..
Interview Question – If you had a elephant what would you do with it... View Answer
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Senior Consultant at Red Hat
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Los Angeles, CA May 2010 – Reviewed Apr 25, 2013
Interview Details – I went through a 3 interview process. My inital technical interview was design to show that a had a basic understanding of the technologies on my resume. Ex. What times of loading collection loading are available in Hibernate? Expain how annotations work. Once the interviewer decided I knew what I was talking about the focus shifted to personality matching and consulting skills. Two of the interviews were over the phone and one in person (in a bar).
Interview Question – None. Red Hat doesn't focus on poking holes in your knowledge. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Pretty simple. Ask for as much as possible. They have a number in mind and don't really go much over it. The bonus structure is pretty good.
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Product Manager I at Red Hat
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Raleigh, NC Jun 2009 – Reviewed Apr 19, 2013
Interview Details – I submitted a large number of responses to job offers. One day they called me up and asked If I would like to be part of the team. There was a technical review and a face to face talk about my values.
Interview Question – I had a technical background and was unsure of what a product manager did. View Answer
Negotiation Details – Negotiation... What is that? (smile)
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Platform Consultant at Red Hat
No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Feb 2013 – Reviewed Apr 11, 2013
Interview Details – A friend who worked at the company convinced me I should as well. Gave him my resume, he routed to his boss and ultimately an internal recruiter. Initial phone screens were positive, passed the technical phone interview with good reviews. Scheduling a face-to-face interview with a manager took a few weeks. That interview went well, and I was told by the recruiter that I was a good fit, and they wanted me, but had internal logistical issues to work out before they could give me an offer. After more than a week I was told they would like to hire me, but did not have a client contract that would support my travel expenses. I offered to relocate myself NYC (at no cost to RH), and never had any follow-up after that. Recruiter stopped returning phone calls. My friend who works at RH will no longer refer anyone to them. If I was not a good fit or was technically deficient, I would have accepted that and moved on more quickly.
Interview Question – Technical interview is looking for you to answer questions with Red Hat's technology in mind, not just standard Unix answers. Answer Question
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Solution Architect at Red Hat
No Offer – Interviewed in Apr 2013 – Reviewed Apr 9, 2013
Interview Details – Had phone interview with marketing guy. Went well. Then never heard back from recruiter as to whether or not the process would move forward. So I called the recruiter back a week later and she told me that they had already made an offer to another candidate! What a waste of my time. The duplicity of HR and recruiters at Red Hat leave a bad taste in my mouth and now I never want to work for them or do business with them. Dishonest company.
Interview Question – not difficult did not matter they had no real intention of offering me the job View Answer
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Facilities Manager at Red Hat
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Washington, DC Nov 2010 – Reviewed Apr 3, 2013
Interview Details – Phone & in person interview in an out sourced location. Interviewers were very polite, but 3 of the 4 were not experienced in interviewing at all. It made it uncomfortable sometimes to speak to someone who is also uncomfortable. They asked the normal expected questions. I didn't like how they said growth was availalbe when it still isn't at all in the first couple years.
Interview Question – How can you make our office better? View Answer
Negotiation Details – First offer was content.
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Cloud Product Manager at Red Hat
No Offer – Reviewed Mar 23, 2013
Interview Details –
Was contacted directly via linked in.
I submitted my CV and got a phone call in about 1 week from the hhrr gatekeeper.
Interview Question – describe a situation where you managed to combine different departments in your company Answer Question
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Software Engineer Intern at Red Hat
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Raleigh, NC Mar 2013 – Reviewed Mar 14, 2013
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I applied the position on LinkedIn, and got the phone screen email after 3 days, which is pretty fast.
The interview went quite smoothly. As my experience and background quite match the team, I thought I could got the position when I hang off the phone.
Questions are all related to my project, and there were some behavioral questions as well.
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Talk about the details of your projects (the algorithm, the process, the results, drawbacks).
How did your team function (divide the work)
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Negotiation Details – No negotiation.
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Software Engineer at Red Hat
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Remote, OR Aug 2009 – Reviewed Dec 28, 2012
Interview Details – Initially contacted by recruiter, then manager. Talked with manager several times before moving forward with an individual screening, then a team interview. Lots of questions about what I do and what I've done and just an overall feel for how I might potentially fit into the team. Seemed like - and still seems like a good fit.
Interview Question – I got quizzed on a few python intricacies but I can't recall them anymore since that was over 2 years ago. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – There wasn't really any negotiation. I think Red Hat thinks that they have really great compensation because it was kind of take it or leave it. I still wish I tried harder.
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