TeleNav Interview Questions &amp; Reviews

More TeleNav Senior Software Engineer Interviews

Negotiation Details

they were not flexible with the salary.

Other Details

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

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2011 (took a day)

very good interview, i like it

Interview Questions

Why you choose telenav

Other Details

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

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2011 (took a day)

The hiring manager in TeleNav was very rude. He gave me a 30 minute phone screen, asked me some basic Java and database questions. Then with 10 minutes left he asked me the algorithm question: how many games must be played among a certain number of teams to find a champion? It's the first time I came across this question. So I asked him to confirm the preconditions that it's impossible to arrange a fair tournament to give each team equal opportunities if I have odd number of teams like 5 or 9 teams. However he declined to give me the confirmations or any hints and told me that I should figure it out myself. 10 minutes passed I cannot come up a solution. He laughed and gave some disparaging comments like how terrible he felt about me, who cannot solve this problem given 6 years of experience.

Comparring my interview experience in eBay, Yahoo, VMWare and facebook, they would ask me only 1 or 2 algorithm questions in the one hour session with lots of interactions during whiteboard coding.

Later when I found the answer to the tournament algorithm question, the solutions would be based on the assumption that no requirements of giving equal opportunities for each team, which is a precondition he declined to give, which made me felt like it was totally a waste of time, given that they treat candidates so disrepspectfully.

Interview Questions

how many games must be played to find out a champion among a certain number of teams?

Other Details

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

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2012 (took 5 days)

Due to the employee referral, the process was very quick. I have read other reviews that detailed longer wait times, but I believe the employee referral dramatically shortened the timeline in my case. I was interviewed by the section manager, who was very polite and offered to schedule the phone interview at a mutually convenient time. The interview itself consisted of reviewing job requirements, including travel. We discussed the job in detail and how it fit into the larger picture of the company. Then, we moved on to a few technical QA questions (how would you handle this problem, scenario, etc). There wasn't as natural a flow to the interview as I would have liked, but my inexperience contributed to that as well. Even though I did not receive an offer, I learned from the process and appreciated the opportunity.

Other Details

I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 3 weeks)

The interview process was very long. Waited 3 weeks between first and second round of interview. Then waited a couple of weeks for the offer. Then waited a couple of weeks between the oral offer and written offer.
The questions asked at the interview are meaningless. Interview was very bad organized.

Interview Questions

Whtat are the ways to comment in C++ code?

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2009 in San Jose, CA (took a day)

Spoke with the director of engineering, who seemed to just want information on various Lucene features. No reason was given for not getting the job. Apparently they wish to speak with me again, I of course have to refuse based on the first time.

Interview Questions

They asked questions about spatial search, of which there are not very many known good answers.

Other Details

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

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Apr 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 3 weeks)

The interview process was fairly simple and professional. The interview consisted of one phone interview and two on site interviews. The first interview (on phone) was with a Senior QA Engineer. The interviewer was very pleasant and was more interested in the way I solved and approached the various scenarios that she presented rather then the solutions themselves. The second interview (on site) ran for about four hours and consisted 1:1 interview sessions with the Senior Recruiter, who asked me about my salary expectations and the usual HR stuff, and various QA Managers and Senior QA Engineers. The Managers and Engineers who interviewed me were pretty professional and represented different departments. The questioning, like the phone interview, focused on problem solving abilities and approach rather than the solution itself. That said, the interview scheduling was bit unorganized since two interviewers were substituted at the last minute and a Senior Director was out of office on that day. The third and last interview (on site, again) was with the same Senior Recruiter and with the Senior Director who wasn't able to make before. Questioning was, surprisingly, focused on my academic background and my decision making abilities. The Recruiter spoke to me about my salary expectations, again, and about my other offers.
The whole set up was handled professionally. The Recruiter was willing to work around my schedule to set up the interviews. There were no interviews with either the PMs or Developers, which is always nice!

Interview Questions

From a student, course, teacher and association tables retrieve a list of students who are being taught by teacher X?

How do you know that the given route is the most optimum route between two places?

What's the most challenging task / responsibility in your current position?

Negotiation Details

Standard negotiation practice. I was offered a base + bonus + benefits + options package that was in line with the market / industry level. Even though the offer was slightly below my expectation, they were willing to meet me mid-way to make it work.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Background Check.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2011 (took 1 week)

I had 3 phone interviews. First was with the manager of the group. I passed, and moved on to an junior analyst/manager who's position I will be transitioning to. Interview went well, and I had a 3rd interview with the manager of the analyst. The interview went fairly well, however, she started asking me business related questions, knowing that I had no experience in location based data. I highlighted the fact, but she wanted me to take a stab at it regardless. It was a very awkward situation. Nevertheless, I don't believe my stab was anywhere near target, cause her tone completely changed. The same question was asked to me by the 2nd interviewer, but I told her I don't have background in it, and she told me it was not a important factor. If it was so important, I wish they hadn't wasted my time. Please screen your resumes, and invite people who fit the criteria.

Interview Questions

some question about their business, ie, GPS navigational data

Other Details

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

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 3 months)

The interview process was long, scattered, disorganized and very unprofessional. I interviewed a total of 7 hours with 6 different folks in a span of 3 months. Two of those interviews were "unplanned" or "spontaneous" interviews which threw me off a bit.

I was informally told by the hiring manager that I was a viable candidate and that I would be hired and HR would be calling me that afternoon. Then I never heard back. I called once and emailed once to follow up but got absolutely no response. It's been 5 months now and I'm assuming I didn't get the position. I'm glad I was not hired since this is very telling how this company handles business.

I got a new job elsewhere and noticed immediately the difference in recruiting methods. I think if Telenav wants to recruit/attract talented people, they cannot be playing games with people's time.

Other Details

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

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2010 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 weeks)

Most interaction through web-based system and E-mail. Two phone screens, then one on-site. On-site was pretty grueling. Not really technically challenging, but it was an endurance test went all day straight through with a hour-long lunch break. Had the entire spectrum from those idiotic "brain teasers" to questions about data structures, algorithms, language and library knowledge, time vs. space trade-offs, and domain knowledge. They were very, very thorough. Last interviewer simply hyped the company, which was a relief by that point.

Many interviews were from folks who are native Chinese, and have a variety of accents. If you have trouble with accents, you need to stay sharp and listen. Especially on phone screens where you don't have non-verbal cues.

Interview Questions

Nothing really unusual: Inheritance, polymorphism, towers of Hanoi, tree structures, lists. Given a certain scenario, should you use already-programmed libraries or roll-your-own?

Some hugely open-ended problems, such as, "Design our next mobile software product on this white board. Go."

Negotiation Details

Didn't seem willing to bargain at all.

Other Details

I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.