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2.0

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Interviewed Aug 2010 in San Diego, CA (took a day)

The interview process was straight forward. I met with coworkers, manager and director.

It was clear in the interview the people who really knew what was going on were the employees. Management was struggling to understand some of the basic concepts of IT. The environment had no redundancy, no reliable generator or battery backup. Each employee I talked to knew what needed to be done, but management refused to do what was necessary.

Interview Questions

I was constantly asked if I had unlimited resources, what would I do?

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Negotiation Details

Teradata offers Zero flexibility in negotiating salary or vacation. You either accept what they offer or decline the offer.

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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Drug Test.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2012 in San Diego, CA (took 1+ week)

I had applied for this position about 4 months back. Teradata required me to fill in a fairly exhaustive preliminary screening document (q's about relevant experience).
Anyways after 4 months of my application - I had a phone interview with hiring manager - fairly standard interview covering role, expectations & my experience & motivation for applying to the position.
Next round was onsite interview with 2 Sr. Product Managers, Hiring Manager & Director of Product Management. Interview was informative & exhaustive (5+ hours including lunch). At the end of the interview the Hiring Manager set the right expectations - "felt my experience was more suitable for a PM role with more emphasis on software". After couple of weeks, I informed by Hiring Manager that they decided to hire someone internally for the position

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What do you know about Teradata?

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Describe your experience working with Sales Channels collateral

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

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.

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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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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

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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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

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

How do you find palindrome in a string? Write the code.

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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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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Dec 2010 in San Diego, CA (took 6+ weeks)

Intially Teradata reject my application. After the recruiter called me I sent them a document as to why I was qualified for the job. After reviewing it the hiring manager conducted a phone interview and called me for a 1:1 interview. The face to face interview lasted 6 hours and I met 6 people. The questions were not very hard.

Interview Questions

Describe your leadership skills?

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How would you work with technical staff?

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Other Details

I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Dec 2009 in San Diego, CA (took a day)

I interviewed with 12 people, some in groups, some 1:1. The interview was very organized with an agenda and everything. They have security checkpoints, but you could actually just walk through because the card reader is not attached to a door. Hmmm. There are several other painless but pointless formalities the employees go through. The people are friendly, helpful, and nice. The culture is huge, disjointed, and disorganized. The campus is nice and there is a cafeteria and gym on site.

Interview Questions

The questions were rather generic.

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Negotiation Details

They were able to make some concessions on flex time and vacation, but not on salary. They tried to bully and intimidate me (and that continued on the job), but I stood my ground and knew what I wanted. Their approach is a little gruff and absolute, but they will listen to reason if you take back your power.

Other Details

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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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2007 in San Diego, CA (took 4+ weeks)

Applied through their website. I was later contacted by HR about an open position. Phone screening and several in person interviews. Not very heavy on the technical questions.