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Updated Feb 6, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Senior Software Engineer at VMware
Posted Feb 6, 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 Palo Alto, CA (took a day)
I was first contacted by a recruiter from VMware who scheduled a phone interview with one of the engineers. The gentleman who called went straight to the interviewing, first asking me to identify all possible bugs within a given chunk of code and then asking various low level OS and some USB protocol questions. The interviewer was completely impersonal but did give me a few hints here and there. I was fortunate enough to get to see the feedback that the gentleman wrote after our conversation, according to which I didn't answer anything wrong but did not give the answer he expected.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Member of Technical Staff at VMware
Posted Feb 1, 2012
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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 Jan 2012 in Palo Alto, CA (took 4+ weeks)
Great hiring process! Interviewers were friendly and gave enough room to express my thoughts.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Member of Technical Staff Software Engineer at VMware
Posted Jan 12, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took 2 days)
CRAZY company.
Both my phone interview and team interview went well and they informed my about the "next step" which will be a second round interview. Next, after 3 weeks later, I just got a short email stating that the team has re-accessed that position and not willing to move forward with me!!!
My question then why did you talk about "next step" ???
It is not that I am out of job or begging a job from them - but some professional communication is rare there.
It is a bureaucratic company who got some cash in their hands - but lacks of decent, bare minimum professionalism.
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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 Group/Panel Interview.
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Senior Member of Technical Staff at VMware
Posted Jan 7, 2012
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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 2012 in Palo Alto, CA (took 1 week)
One of the interviewer was looking at his mobile phone while I was explaining on whiteboard.
Other two guys were friendly.
Manager paid for the lunch in cafeteria.
Discussion with manager uncovered that what they were looking for was just a coder and I wanted bigger role than that. So, we did not find fit and hence no offer.
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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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Web Analytics Manager (Analyst?) at VMware
Posted Dec 21, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took 2 days)
Applied online. Also had internal referral. Recruiter called and spoke for 2 minutes. Few days of complete silence. Got an email after 2-3 weeks. Had a 30-min (very 1-sided and generic) call with a newly-hired Director. Job ad said Manager, interviewer said Analyst. (??!!) I was perplexed. Those two are definitely different roles, it could not be a typo! My friend has this job now. Hear its a good company. But the hiring process definitely has some broken links and recruiters could certainly be a bit more responsive. After all, companies need good talent as much as talent needs employers!
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Inside Sales Representative at VMware
Posted Dec 8, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in Palo Alto, CA (took 2 weeks)
VMware's interview process is pretty straight forward. They usually want you to meet with 2 managers & 2-3 people on the team doing the same role. You may look good on paper but they also want you to also fit in the VMware culture.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Product Marketing Manager at VMware
Posted Nov 24, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took 2 months)
The interviews were fairly intense and very technical for a marketing role. I was able to handle the questions because I have a technical background. In my opinion, they were testing mostly to see how you would answer the question and also for specific examples and solutions to their inquiries. I had one phone interview, 7 face to face 1:1 interviews (on one day), and then a couple of follow up interviews (phone and in person).
I met with almost every member of the cross functional team I would be working with, as well as, the GM of the group. Everyone was smart and asked god questions. Some were a lot more prepared than others for the interviews. There were a few people who were totally unprepared and the conversations were a waste of time.
In a nutshell, smart people, but not the people I would want to work with on a day to day basis. They came across as being very arrogant and living in a VMWare bubble. The GM was the biggest turnoff since he was totally unprepared for our conversation and tried to deflect his lack of reading my resume by asking questions that were suitable for an engineer. I was not impressed by him at all. In addition, the other "marketing" and biz dev folks I met were not the type of folks I would ever put in front of customers. They did give the impression of being business savvy.
While the team was smart and clearly confident in their technical knowledge, I think the general lack of business etiquette and social skills would bore me on a day to day basis.
The company was slow to respond about my interview schedule at first, then they moved very quickly. 7 interviews in one day is way too many. The HR person's follow up was good and she was generally responsive and helpful.
The salary "negotiation" was done up front and the compensation was competitive with other Director level roles in the valley.
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The people and corporate culture. The General Manager /Senior Director (J. Chen) was the biggest turn off... Napoleon complex to the 10th power. Suggestion to him: you're not always the smartest person in the room and you look like a bigger dork trying so hard to prove it. Also, put your iPad away when you are bringing on a senior level person to you team. Pay attention, focus and show some respect.
VMWare has great products, but the corporate culture is a major turnoff.
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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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Senior Data Analyst at VMware
Posted Oct 3, 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 Jul 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took 1 week)
The hiring manager first called me asked what is my skill set, then if I am interested in this position. Then I was bought on campus the next Monday. Interviewed with VP and hiring manager, then i got it!
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Human Resources at VMware
Posted Sep 23, 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 in Palo Alto, CA (took 5 days)
Wonderful, fast, great interviewers, great campus, top notch experience all around.
Negotiation Details
Easy and straight forward..
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Project Manager at VMware
Posted Aug 19, 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 in Palo Alto, CA (took a day)
Recruiter initially contacted me via LinkedIn. After I replied stating I wanted to discuss the position, a job description was emailed to me and the recruiter set up a phone interview for the following week. Interview was standard and went well. Recruiter said my information was being passed to the hiring manager who would contact me. Two weeks later I received an email from the recruiter saying they decided to consider "other candidates who were a better match". I give them points for at least following up to let me know.
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