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2.0

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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.

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The interview was easy

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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 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.

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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