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Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Riverbed Technology
Posted Feb 8, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 days)
Contacted by recruiter for a programming exercise initially followed up a phone conversation and two onsite interviews with 4 people each.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Sales Engineer-Aptimize at Riverbed Technology
Posted Jan 11, 2012
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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 Nov 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 3 months)
In Nov 2011, interviewed for a Sales Engineer. The phone interview went well and was told they wanted to bring me in on-site. Well, after waiting for 2 months, I followed up again in early Jan 2012 and then was told the position was put on hold, go figure.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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QA Engineer at Riverbed Technology
Posted Jan 9, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
They asked me about the software testing process, taking an example of 'how will you test a coffee cup'.
They also asked me about my resume, and my skills. since my area of interest was networks, I was asked questions on that, like ip protocol, routers and switches etc.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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QA Manager at Riverbed Technology
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 3 days)
For months they kept contacting me and finally I decided to go for an interview. Interview was pretty simple and some very basic scripting question and some about management style. Everyone seem pretty impressed. Sr. director, Director and some other guy seem to be from the same club. Last part of the interview was mainly about whether I liked them and when I can start blah blah...
Next day very early in the morning, I got an email that they decided not to continue without giving any reason. I don't think think company has real job opening. Most of their job opening are open for months. My advise is not to take them very serious and don't waste your time and PTO.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Sales Engineer at Riverbed Technology
Posted Dec 12, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 1 week)
A recruiter reached out to me and did a general fit-based interview and quizzed me on my resume. I was then passed on to the hiring manager who was scheduled to call me the following day. We spoke for about an hour or so. That interview went very well, and centered on team fit, sales philosophy and some technical parts. I asked about the technical requirements as Riverbed is centered on networking, specifically application layer. The hiring manager asked me to explain some basic technical concepts and told me not to worry about the technical interview, and stated he was not looking for engineers, but wanted well rounded SALES engineers. We had a decent connection and agreed to have a technical interview a few days later with another SE and an in-person meeting. Fast forward to the technical interview. An SE who is a subordinate of the hiring manager gave me a call and immediately began getting "down and dirty" on the technical material. Things like "explain at a packet level what goes on in a http session, an SSL session, a proxy session, how passive vs. active FTP works among other questions. The interviewer than stated he had "at least 20 more related questions". I did not know most of these as these are very "I just finished up my CCNP" or "I have worked for Riverbed or a competitor." I then asked about what characteristics the top sales engineers have at Riverbed. The interviewer (who was an SE himself) went on about just technical characteristics. I immediately knew this was not the right company for me and we ended the interview.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Intern at Riverbed Technology
Posted Nov 30, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took 2+ weeks)
There were in all 5 rounds before the offer was made.
First two rounds were pretty simple. They should ask you simple programming questions, and about your previous experiences. The third was average, and the rest two were slightly tougher than average.
You need to be somewhat familiar with Algorithms, Data Structures, Operating Systems, etc. The pay was good, and it is a decent company.
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Reason for Declining
I haven't declined yet, but I am sure I can get a better offer.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Regional Sales Manager at Riverbed Technology
Posted Nov 23, 2011 — 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 Jan 2009 in Pittsburgh, PA (took 2 days)
Initial interview was with an in-house recruiter who reached me based on my then current position working for a competitor. The in-house recruiter conducted a resume review, validating past job history and ascertained interest on potentially working for RVBD, ultimately sponsoring me forward in the process to meet with the hiring manager. Within a week, I met the hiring manager at our local airport for a 1:1 face to face interview that took about two hours, covering past job history, some discussion of the technology associated with the Riverbed solution and a review of the territory accounts. The position was available because of growth and expansion. There was some conversation around compensation, generated by the hiring manager.
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Negotiation Details
I was able to negotiate a 120/120 base/incentive based on my prior earnings and 15+ years of experience and technology certifications. AT the time, this was at the to[ end of the range. The company assigned a first year quota however equivalent to that of a mature territory though the territory had heretofore generated virtually nothing, having been un-worked. They were adamant in refusing to provide any ramp or recoverable draw and consequently first year real earnings were down substantially, even though my run rate by the end of the first year was approaching the run rate of a mature territory. Unfortunately, I,as the sales, rep bore the brunt of the ramp up financially. Future hires should look carefully at prior territory performance to insist on either quota accommodation or receipt of a draw supporting the ramp up period.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Software Engineer (Member of Technical Staff) at Riverbed Technology
Posted Nov 16, 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 Sep 2011 (took 4+ weeks)
I was interviewed on campus for software development process. No feedback for 3 weeks. After that I was called for a phone interview for a test position. Just asked me about my experience in testing. Rejected since I did not have any experience in testing.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Riverbed Technology
Posted Oct 6, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in San Jose, CA (took 2 weeks)
The phone interview went well. and was called for an onsite. I was majorly asked questions about files, threads, mutex, and binary trees. Be very well prepared for the above topics
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Intern at Riverbed Technology
Posted Oct 3, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 3 weeks)
The interviewer went through the resume and also asked some basic programming questions. You can answer them using any O-O languages. Some level of networking and TCP/IP knowledge is required. It's a good experience though
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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