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Updated Jan 7, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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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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Senior Member of Technical Staff at VMware
Posted Sep 16, 2011 — 3 of 3 people found this helpful
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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 Jul 2011 (took 2 weeks)
I applied online and got an email from the hiring manager. I first had a discussion with the hiring manager over phone regarding my interest in the job and later had a technical phone interview with an engineer.
I was called for onsite interview with a fixed schedule.
The team I was interviewing with was in complete disarray. One interviewer was running late but he didn't inform other on time so others had to chnage their schedule. Each interview was supposed to last 40-45 mins. The first one ran for 70 mins. The interviewer was annoyed that she had to change her schedule and was acting little rude. Other two were fine but they had little time left, so they were annoyed. The last gentleman started with basic CS questions and ended with asking me to implement quick sort. He made me stand on whiteboard for around 2 hours. The whole process was suppoed to take around 4 hours. I was there was for more than 6 hours. No one was keeping the schedule on track.
I did ask the HR after couple of days about the result and they didn't bother to reply. I have to say they have great products, some vey good people but very little professionalism.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Senior Member of Technical Staff at VMware
Posted Aug 10, 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 Jul 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took a day)
The interview started with the phone screen, was asked few C++-related questions.
Then got invitation for on-site.
People seem to be very nice, not trying to overppower you or show off unnecessary.
Very reasonable and adequate.
Recruiter was very polite and professional at all times.
Really liked the company and the campus.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Senior Member of Technical Staff at VMware
Posted Jul 9, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Jun 2010 in Palo Alto, CA (took 2 days)
I have to say it was the best interview experience I ever had so far. The phone screen with the recruiter was just basic chat about the position followed by 2 very basic coding questions. The onsite consisted of a group of 8 people including the hiring manager. The people I met are very knowledgeable about what they do and are patient enough to give me time to respond to the coding questions. There were a couple of brain teaser questions but I pulled off ok. Lunch with the hiring manager at their Cafe was nice (but you have to pay for yourself:). I interviewed on Friday, an offer came in the next Monday. But the annoying thing is that the background check took almost a week to complete, it was a very deep check. I'd recommend check yourself before apply with VMware.
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Negotiation Details
I was able to negotiate but not much. Mainly because the offer itself is a great package and the base is higher than what I am making now. I accepted the offer.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Senior Member of Technical Staff at VMware
Posted Jan 25, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2008 in Pune (India) (took 4 days)
First interviewed by my direct manager, then by every person in office - about 8 people. Then by 2 people from US.
The people were very smart. Though, there was no one on the list who could judge my skills correctly. There was no person with relevant experience.
I must give them the credit of trying to find what I know rather than to prove themselves superior and find what i do not.
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Negotiation Details
Could not negotiate much since I went with the brand name, only to be disappointed both with the offer and with the work environment.
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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 Background Check.
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Senior Member of Technical Staff at VMware
Posted Mar 24, 2009
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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 Palo Alto, CA (took 2 days)
The interview and hiring process took a long time. I was contacted almost immediately by a recruiter after I sent my resume via email. He phone-screened me and then I didn't hear from him for about a month. I had a subsequent phone screen with the hiring manager which lasted about 45 minutes. A few days later, I interviewed on campus from 11 am - 5 pm. I met with about 5 people and was taken to lunch (and interviewed during lunch). The people were all very nice and forthcoming about their experience at the company. After the interview, I waited for a few WEEKS before receiving a call from the recruiter. He had not returned any of my emails in the meantime (I emailed him once or twice to see about the status).
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Negotiation Details
I went back and forth with them maybe 3 times before accepting the offer.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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