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Software Engineer at TiVo
Posted Jun 21, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in San Jose, CA (took 2 days)
I had a one on one interview with a Tivo software engineer who tested me on some simple algorithm questions. For instance, the employee asked me of a good way to determine how many times a character exists in a file. I used a two for statements and a hashtable. In many interviews like this, hashtables are the way to go. This interview went well and I got a second interview.
The second interview didnt go very well. It was very technical and they tested me on Java application development. I don't have a lot of experience in Java APPLICATION dev. Its probably a good thing that it didn't go any further because I don't have the required skills. But it was good to practice interviewing and all of the staff were very nice.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Systems Software Engineer - Contract at TiVo
Posted Jun 20, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Alviso, CA (took 1 week)
I got call from their certified vendor. I need to work on vendor's payroll. They arranged phone interview and reference check,
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Negotiation Details
Rate was decided before setting up the interview.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Intern at TiVo
Posted May 15, 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 May 2011 in Alviso, CA (took 1 week)
Recruiter from staffing agency (Ultimate Staffing) responded to my online application via phone call. After a brief conversation the recruiter set an appointment for in-person interview. Had interview with the Director of the department. Calm environment, reviewed resume, and asked a few personality questions. Interview lasted 40 minutes. Received call from recruiter two days later saying the position had been filled.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer - C++ at TiVo
Posted May 9, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Alviso, CA (took 3 weeks)
Was contacted by a head-hunter I've dealt with before. Between the conversation with the HH, and the actual interview, I had heard NOTHING back. I finally got confirmation I was going to get a phone screen with Tivo, which surprised me a little bit. Thing is, I haven't been idle either. I verbally accepted another offer in the meantime.
I told the HH that I wasn't moving forward with Tivo. He convinced me to continue with the screen. It was a total waste of my time. The mgr was nice enough, but hit me with a lot of non-boiler plate C++ questions, and a cute number-theory problem. There wasn't much interest in my experience.
Well Tivo, you did a good job chasing away a good candidate...great job! Just realize you're a one-trick pony, even if that pony is an iconic product!
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at TiVo
Posted Mar 2, 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 Jan 2011 (took a day)
Right from the start HR was slow to work with, most of the time they never bothered to respond to email. They cancelled our interview with 10 minutes notice. I still interviewed with the hiring manager later that week. I think the interview went pretty well and HR got back to me a few weeks later and we talked about general HR stuff. Since then I haven't really heard anything so I guess I'm no longer a candidate. Unofrtunate but it seems like I'm not the only one with this experience.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Applications Software Engineer at TiVo
Posted Feb 14, 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 Dec 2010 (took 2+ weeks)
The top level manager who took my interview was very rude and arrogant. He spoke bad things about his own company, I don't know what to understand from that. I was not at all happy with his attitude. Other 3 interviewers were very nice and actually very descent.
The interview comprised of algorithm questions, HR questions and questions specific to programming languages. Some questions were:
find duplicate elements in array
find if 2 strings are same
some questions on linked list, abstract class/interface, exception handling and more.
I had great interview with everyone except the main project manager. I did not receive offer but even if I would have received I would never go in a company where the managers are so rude, arrogant and have bad opinion about their own products.
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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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Engineering at TiVo
Posted Dec 14, 2010
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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 Nov 2010 (took 2 weeks)
Phone interview, was asked questions on linked list and complexity.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Software QA Engineer at TiVo
Posted Jul 9, 2010
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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 2008 in Milpitas, CA (took a day)
I received an email from HR rep. I emailed back to set up the appointment.
I had interviews with 5 people, including the hiring manager, future peers, and manager of another group.
People were smart and nice
Atmosphere and dress is casual.
Office appearance is pleasant, kitchen on each floor with free coffee and tea, discounted sodas
People work hard
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Negotiation Details
Check glassdoor.com for some salary comparisons.
I told them the salary I was making and it was a bit higher than what they wanted to offer me, so we compromised by them offering me a $5,000 sign on bonus.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing Manager at TiVo
Posted Jun 24, 2010
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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 May 2010 (took 2 weeks)
Applied online for the position and heard back within a week with an offer to interview. The phone interview was straightforward, but there was a hang up as they needed someone immediately. Due to personal reasons, I wasn't avaialble for 3 months after. However, it wasn't a difficult interview - mostly wanted to know my background, why I wanted to leave my current gig, why Tivo specifically, and what I thought the biggest challenge was for Tivo (there are a lot of good answers for that!)
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Build and Release Engineer at TiVo
Posted Jun 17, 2010
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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 May 2010 in Milpitas, CA (took a day)
I only got as far as a phone interview. Was interviewed by Senior Mgr, HM was out on leave at the time. It went well, but I think not knowing Perforce may have been the main issue, since initial duties were to take over another's daily tasks. The followup interview never really happened despite emails saying I was highly considere initially, final emails indicated that they had found other more qualified candidates. Funny thing, the same job postings were still be advertised over a month later.
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