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Updated Feb 12, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Engineering Manager at Teradata
Posted Feb 12, 2012
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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 Nov 2011 in San Diego, CA (took 5 days)
This was a typical interview process where I met with members of the team and talked about the job and my experience. Really nothing too hard about the interview just have your act together.
Negotiation Details
The strange thing about Teradata is that you negotiate with HR and not your hiring manager. I had never experienced this before so be ready with your industry standards and proof that you are what you are worth. They are low in their initial offer and will work hard to keep you low.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Technical Consultant at Teradata
Posted Jan 18, 2012
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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 Atlanta, GA (took a day)
The office environment are nice. seems to be a relaxing work culture
Interview Questions
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Unix Quality Assurance at Teradata
Posted Dec 1, 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 2011 (took a day)
I was submitted for the position by a recruiter. I was asked to come in for a face-to-face interview. I met with the hiring manager and 2 other technical team members. For the most part, questions were oriented towards my previous experience. The technical interviews were very short with no chance to ask questions. Asked to define inheritance and polymorphism. Communication was difficult with interviewers who had thick accents so it was hard to understand what they were asking. At one point, figured out we were saying the same thing. Much more of a technical interview rather than "culture/people skills" interview.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Solutions Architect at Teradata
Posted Nov 27, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took 2 days)
i dont have time to explain this process
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at Teradata
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 (took 2 days)
The 1st interview is quite easy because you are being ask by HR or Recruitment Officer with basic question such where are you working, are you interested in shifting career, etc.
The 2nd interview is moderate as you are being ask what are you doing in your work, what kind of deliverable are you doing, what are the language and database are you using.
The last interview is the hardest as it ask a lot of ETL tools and DB technical question and sometime they give you scenarios and you'll explain how will solve or recommend solution for it or what process are you going to recommend.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
The negotiation phase is easy they'll just asked for you asking salary.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Query Optimizer Engineer at Teradata
Posted Oct 31, 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 Oct 2011 in El Segundo, CA (took a day)
I am new graduate. I gave a hour long presentation on a Database implementation Course project. The project involved implementing query processing, query optimization etc. The questions asked during the presentation are fairly technical, like they asked me to explain various stages of query processing, and query optimization. Also, was asked given a particular relations and query, ways of optimization possible to get the answer efficiency. The question answer session lasted for about an hour. The whole process took two hours.
Interview Questions
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Software Engineer at Teradata
Posted Oct 9, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2009 in San Diego, CA (took 2 weeks)
At least follows industry standards of no suits. Usual model, phone screen > onsite, I think 4 or 5 rounds. Questions of less difficulty generally compared to Google, Amazon, etc.. Fairly standard otherwise. Flight reimbursed, hotel, rental car. No indication of how backwards the actual environment is.
Negotiation Details
Very little room to negotiate. Salary structure fairly rigid. Had to provide a nominal counteroffer of +8k to get an additional 3k to starting sal.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Technical Consultant at Teradata
Posted Sep 7, 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 Aug 2011 (took 2 months)
it produce positive output in me
Interview Questions
Other Details
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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Senior Consultant at Teradata
Posted Jun 27, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Houston, TX (took 2 months)
After 10 interviews, yes 10 interviews, and being told in interview #8 I was hired, I never heard from Teradata after all my inteviews. This is an extremely unprofessional interview process I have ever experienced.
My first 2 interviews were over the phone, one with HR and the other with the two hiring managers. The phone call with the hiring managers was less than 5 minutes and they asked to meet up at a wine bar. They were very nice individuals and wanted to send to me a different city to do additonal rounds of interviews.
2 weeks past by and I get called to have #3,4,5,6 interviews on the phone with upper management. Everything goes well. Another week goes by and I get called again to fly to a city to meet with the managers I talk to over the phone. So now (onsite at a hotel) this is interview #7 and 8. After those interviews are completed, I get told by the hiring manager that the job is mine and he would get the paperwork to me the following week.
Another week passes by and the hiring manager calls to tell me that the MAIN director wants to see me (even though I already had an interview on the phone with him) to see if I am really a good fit. This will be interview #9. So I meet with the director and again the hiring manager calls me a couple of days later to say everything went well..however now they are asking for a presentation to another manager. At this point I was getting tired all of all the running around. I went ahead and agreed to create a presentation - interview #10.
I met with the hiring manager and another manager and showed my presentation. The hiring manager assured me this would be the last step. So one week goes by and no contact with the Teradata. I emailed the hiring manager and he kept saying, we will decide when to hire you in one week. One week passes by and not one phone call, email, letter - nothing.
I cant say I was too upset about not being hired. For whatever reason, they had doubts I could do the job and I probably wouldnt have lasted that long at Teradata.
I do wish - for any future "interviewees"- if you feel Teradata is being indecisive and wasting your time, decline any future interviews.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Background Check.
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Engineer at Teradata
Posted May 25, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Mar 2011 in La Jolla, CA (took a day)
They started the interview with explaining the internship position and what the intern would do daily. Then they asked me my experiences and information on my resume. After the initial interview, another person came in and we went through a technical interview. The technical interview was consist of data structures and OOP. After that they showed me around where I would be working.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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