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Director of Product Management at Symantec
Posted Oct 27, 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 Oct 2011 (took 2 months)
I did a series of phone interviews and two rounds of face to face. They move very methodically for a tech company and are very open ended in their questions. I will say I liked the people I met there and would work there in a heartbeat.
I also found them pretty frank about the pros and cons of Symantec.
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Reason for Declining
I was offered significantly more money.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Symantec
Posted Oct 17, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Chennai (India) (took a day)
The Process Consisted of PPT,Written Test,3 rounds of technical interview and an HR interview.
In written test,General Computer aptitude questions and a few quantitative Aptitude.
In the interview They ask questions on OS,a few on networks,Data Structures,C++(OOPS) and an interview puzzle
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Program Manager at Symantec
Posted Oct 11, 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 Aug 2011 (took 4 weeks)
The whole process consisted of one initial phone interview by the hiring manager then followed by one onsite 1:1 interview with one of the senior manager from the team then by one last phone interview.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Principal Systems Engineer at Symantec
Posted Sep 30, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 2 months)
I applied via Linkedin and I was contacted by a recruiter to book for the first interview. After that, I was told that my details have been sent to the hiring manager. 4 weeks after, I got a mail asking me to confirm when I will be available for another interview (conversation). This was scheduled and confirmed. The interview with the hiring manager lasted approximately 37 minutes. After that, I was directed to Human Resources
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Negotiation Details
The negotiation stage was interesting. I gave them the details of my current package and I was asked what my expectation was.
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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 Background Check.
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Senior Product Marketing Manager at Symantec
Posted Sep 12, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 (took 2+ weeks)
I got into the interview process through my personal network -- a former colleague that works at Symantec provided my resume to the appropriate people at Symantec. I got called by a recruiter and had a brief phone interview with her about available positions and their possible fit with my background. She only asked a few questions about my background and why I want to work at Symantec as well as some questions about salary compensation. She was pretty upfront about their salary range for the positions available. Next I had a phone interview with the hiring manager, which was also pretty straightforward, questions about my background, fit with the job, description of the position and so on. Then I got called for an on-site interview. I was scheduled to speak with 3 or 4 people, including the hiring manager. All interviews took place in the same conference room. One interview was a conference call with a remote location. I think one person was unavailable. The interviews were all pretty standard stuff, talking about the job, the environment, my background and interests, etc. Everybody was professional and cordial. I was also asked to provide a writing sample which I later on emailed them.
The one thing that impressed me about Symantec product marketing is that they seem to have made a very big investment/bet on the 'buyer persona' framework. I think they'd done a lot of work with Pragmatic Marketing and Adelle Revella. But cannot remember quite the details. That would be a big plus to working there as a product marketing professional -- being focused on customer-centric models and building some sound discipline knowledge. I don't know if this is all translating into action within the company, but at least the intention is there.
Other than that, from what I could gauge in the elevator, halls and the people I spoke with, Symantec strikes me like a pretty low-key work-place, almost a 9-5 kind of environment. People do not seem that enthusiastic about their jobs or workplace. It feels almost like a government office. Does not seem like it would be an exciting or particularly fulfilling place to work at.
From a process stand-point, there were a couple of hick-ups. First off, they had some sort of an internal mix-up and expected me on a completely different day from what had been agreed to via email. So I got some frantic calls on the wrong day along the line of "where are you -- we are expecting you for an interview"... I thought that was a bit lame. Also, when they decided they were not going with me, they did not bother to inform me. I sent thank you email messages and nobody responded. I had to email the recruiter at least once to find out their decision. I guess that seems pretty standard for companies, reading some of the reviews on here, but that doesn't make it any more professional...
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Symantec
Posted Sep 10, 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 Jul 2011 in Los Angeles, CA (took 4+ weeks)
I was contacted by the HR , who asked few questions about my resume. She asked me some questions about DNS. I was interviewed for the next round, which was mostly on C++. Questions ranged from basic definitions like polymorphism, copy constructors, virtual, mutable keywords to multi threading and deadlock concepts. It took place for 45 mins.The next round of technical interview was also a 45 min interview, a bit more in-depth. Questions were related to algorithms, complexity, sorting techniques, etc. I was asked to solve an in-place array sorting program in O(n) complexity. The last round was a 20 minute interview, which mostly concentrated on general questions. They gave me a situation about multi processors and asked me how I would tackle the situation. Some questions on multithreading and operating systems.
I felt a positive vibe through all my interviews. After the last interview, they never contacted me. They didn't even bother to reply to my emails. I felt it was very unprofessional.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Technical Support Engineer at Symantec
Posted Sep 7, 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 Aug 2009 in Lindon, UT (took a day)
I was called late in the evening for a requested review as soon as possible. It was about 8pm when I drove 20 miles to be interviewed. I was given a written test to show my technical knowledge and experience (particularly with SQL).
After that I was taken to a room for 1 on 1 interview. They started like most, by saying "So tell me about yourself." They mostly wanted to know my technical background. At one point they gave me 15 or 20 minutes to play a game on the computer. It was a game with a cube and you are supposed to click squares to change the color to make a path from point A to point B. I wanted to show how I work well independently so I did not ask for any help the entire time, even when it became challenging. That may have been a mistake. They did other "game tests" too, but that was the most time consuming. I've never had an interview like it before or since. My friend's brother was there at the same time. He was hired, I was not.
The office was a typical cubicle style setting in a large 2-story building. Since it was so late almost nobody else was there, except my friend, his brother, the interviewer, and maybe a couple others.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Customer Business Operations at Symantec
Posted Sep 6, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Springfield, OR (took a day)
It is a very structured and organized process. From the first time the staffing agency sent over my skills test results I was calle for a formal panel interview. Once arrived you have to be cleared thru security, then the questions begin. The people were nice, friendly, calm and easy to talk to. Made the interview process alot let stressful.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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IT Manager at Symantec
Posted Sep 3, 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 Mar 2010 (took a day)
Recruiter was pleasant, but not informed. Couldn't remember that she had talked to me before. Distributed an lengthy pre-questionaire. Got the impression I was being considered for multiple positions without being told up front.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at Symantec
Posted Aug 8, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 (took a day)
The first round was a technical one. The focus was completely on C, doesnt matter if u dont know any other programming language. Then some logical questions were asked based on data structures. Some puzzles were also asked. The interviewer was very friendly.
The second round was also technical but was short. The third round was with HR.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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