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Engagement Manager at Sun Microsystems
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Jan 2008 – Reviewed Sep 18, 2012
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Why you want to change your current job?
Why we have to hire you?
What is your experience that related to our openings?
What is the case that demonstrate best of your ability?
What is the failure case and what you learnt from that experience?
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User Researcher at Sun Microsystems
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Aug 8, 2012
Interview Details – Reasonably fast. One or two people interviewing you at a time.
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Senior Software Engineer at Sun Microsystems
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Apr 2012 – Reviewed Jun 16, 2012
Interview Details – very easy and clean but confusing and tough at same time
Interview Question – who made java[jdk 0.1]??? Answer Question
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Education Marketing at Sun Microsystems
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Apr 2010 – Reviewed Apr 21, 2012
Interview Details – Not too rigorous because I came in with excellent recommendations
Interview Questions
- What do you expect to do in 5 years. View Answer
- Tell me about your typical day Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Negotiations were easy due to specialized expertise
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Engineering Manager at Sun Microsystems
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Jan 2010 – Reviewed Sep 18, 2011
Interview Details – Described working experiences, technical capabilities and project management techniques. Former projects were also discussed and asked by the panel during the personal up front interview. Went to the drawing board to describe the processes, quality control practices that were done by the previous experiences. Asked personal questions regarding plans, rooms to growth and etc.
Interview Question – What are your weaknesses, and how you overcome them Answer Question
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Engineer at Sun Microsystems
No Offer – Interviewed in Feb 2009 – Reviewed Aug 26, 2011
Interview Details – First there is a phone interview. After that you will be invited for an on-site interview by 4-5 people.
Interview Question – Why do we use the Sparc chip. Answer Question
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Member of Technical Staff at Sun Microsystems
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Jan 2009 – Reviewed Jun 18, 2011
Interview Details – The first round was a skills test consisting on C, C++, OS questions. They were very tough, especially questions relating to unix system programming and concepts. The second round was 1:1 onsite. The third round was a telephonic one with a senior colleague from the US and the final one was with the Director of the group regarding salary negotiation.
Interview Questions
- How does the proc interface differ between Linux and Solaris? View Answer
- Explain a project on your resume View Answer
Negotiation Details – It was respectful and progressive. Do not be afraid to ask a little higher salary than what you desire, and there will be a little bargaining here and there. However, do not be too rigid - Sun is a great place to work at and you will have a great work-life balance.
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Staff Software Engineer at Sun Microsystems
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Apr 2009 – Reviewed Feb 24, 2011
Interview Details – Very orderly, fair and respectful.
Interview Questions
- Describe the process of performance tuning. View Answer
- Describe the debugging of a memory leak problem. View Answer
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Member of Technical Staff (MTS) at Sun Microsystems
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Bangalore (India) Aug 2010 – Reviewed Jan 9, 2011
Interview Details – It consists of 1 written test for 1 hour covering 4 sections C Programming, OS, Aptitude, Puzzle. I guess it was some 70 questions overall. Then 4 rounds of F2F interview, each round is elimination round.
Interview Question – OS and mainly Programming View Answer
Negotiation Details – Straight.
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Engineer at Sun Microsystems
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Jun 2008 – Reviewed Dec 13, 2010
Interview Details – interview process was smooth and technical
Interview Question – Description of projects questions on presentation Answer Question
Negotiation Details – negotiation was very straight forward
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