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Updated Oct 3, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2009 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 days)

Initially the recruiter called, and analyzed the background and skill set match for the job position.
Asked about my current salary at the previous company and scheduled a 1:1 interview.

Interviewed with about 5-6 people 45min - 1 hour each. More technical. C++ focused questions.
Following areas were tested
Understanding of C++, STL, Boost - questions
Programming - Queues operations, Simple sort / search programs, basic array operations programs
Questions on previous work
Networking based questions to test my understanding of networks, TCP / UDP, subnets, IP, Multicast video etc.,
Security protocols based questions.

Interview Questions

The interview was easy

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Negotiation Details

I did not negotiate

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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Nov 2010 (took a day)

The interviewer is nice. The interview consists of beheavial as well as technical questions. The interviewer is mainly on the research I have done.

Interview Questions

Talk about the hardest part of a project you have done.

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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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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Nov 2010 (took 6+ weeks)

What a cool team! Things flowed smoothly through the interview process and I was very happy with the results. I met one on one with 6 people. All were accomplished and bright. The atmosphere was open and friendly, and the challenges of the work were openly discussed.

Interview Questions

Questions based on general approach to solving problems were harder to answer than typical skill related questions

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Negotiation Details

Simple and straight forward. The compensation and benefits were explained well and I was offered what I asked for.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.

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1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Aug 2010 in Calabasas, CA (took 8 months)

I feel I got the run-around from this company. I first applied for a marketing job back in December. I had a panel interview. It seemed to go well. I heard nothing from them, not even a rejection, or an explanation of what happened.

Then in August 2010, I got an email from a new, totally different HR manager saying they re-opened this listing, and would I still like to apply. I said sure. I interviewed with Ken, the manager, one-on-one. It seemed to go well. Almost immediately afterwards, I got an email from the HR person asking for some references and permission to do a background check. I said ok.

2 weeks later, I was asked to do a follow-up phone interview with Ken. I did. It seemed to go well. I know my references gave me glowing reviews, and my background check was spotless. After the interview with Ken, he said he'd let me know ASAP. 2 weeks later, I heard nothing.

I finally emailed them to see what was going on. 3 days later, I got a rejection email from a DIFFERENT hiring manager (this company changes personnel faster than you can blink; that is a red flag, if you ask me) saying "you wear too many hats. We need someone focused speficially on this job."

Well, that is the WEIRDEST rejection I ever got! How can someone "wear too many hats"??? Of course, if I were hired, I'd focus on the requirements of the job at hand, but wouldn't any company want someone who has more skills than the job requires?

Plus, they knew back in December that I have a wide variety of marketing skills-I made no secret of that!

I told them to toss my application-I have no interest in working with a company that would waste my time like this.

Interview Questions

They gave me 3-4 business cases all about how to craft an email message.

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2010 (took a day)

It was just a telephonic interview and the person has asked me all about resume and my experience.

Interview Questions

Asked me about Call processing

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 (took a day)

I was interviewed for about 7 hrs 1:1 with the team members mostly about the network protocols I have developed in past. Phone interview was about some questions in C++

Interview Questions

Describe about OOPS, over-riding and overloading

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 in Raleigh, NC (took 1 week)

6 hours' interview. It is very difficult and generally technical interview. 5-6 interviewers asked you technical questions. Around one hour for one interviewer. Spirent has both interns and full-time jobs, like software engineers, product verification & test engineers, hardware engineers, and product marketing & product management. And the locations is basically in SanDiego, CA.

Interview Questions

What are your career goals?

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.

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5.0

Very Difficult Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 (took a day)

it is to long I can't survive that long. 7 persons are arranged to interview you and each got one hour. It is too long and tedious. I have to sustain to survive. I need to stay late. Method is advised it is pretty cool but I hate it