Xyratex Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – Apply through company website. Interview by HR then one on one with hiring manager and then with two engineers

Reason for Declining – Get other offer

Interview Details – Simply put, the worst interview I have ever had. The first round was done by the people that performed the job already, this was not so bad. Nice enough people. However the next set of interviews was done by the Operations Manager and the line of questions was completely bizarre and had nothing to do with the job function I was interviewing for. Example: "if you could go back in time and meet anyone who would it be?" My answer: Martin Luther King. His answer: And I am not kidding... Adolf Hitler... Then the supposed senior managers interviewed me ( both from England) and asked the most inane and worthless questions I have ever been asked in an interview, all the while one of them was out the window pretending to be listening to me. An absolute joke and a waste of my time and most of all, just plane odd.

Interview Details – outside agency called and arranged interviews by phone and in person.

the place looked disorganized. a fixer-upper in so many ways.

Interview Details – Had 2 phone interviews one month apart and eventually the position was pulled back.

Interview Details – Went through multiple phone interviews. Phone interviews were detailed, and went very well. Was invited back for face-to-face interviews. One interview went well. The interviewer was professional. The other interviewer seemed distracted - preoccupied with something unrelated to the interview. He acted very interested in me (when he was focused on our discussion), and promised a second round interview within a couple of days.

Then he completely blew me off. The company went silent.

Even though companies have the upper hand in this very tough market, there is no reason for rudeness.

Interview Details – They ask the basic question of electronic such as What AC, DC?
What is a resistor?
transistor, know the basic of electronic.
They ask me to draw and boolen the AND, OR, NOR gates.
What firmware, ROM,RAM, ASCI
What operating system are you familiar with?
 They ask you question base off on your Resumes,
for ex: What the hardest project you ever done that have difficulties. And what was the solution and result

Interview Details – Smooth, very blending with my needs (I had to stay with my previous company for few extra weeks). HR staff was very helpful answering my questions and providing details I was asking about. The interview was broken into two parts, one was over Skype (most of the team is remote) and then few on-site interviews. The entire duration of the process could have been significantly shorter

Negotiation Details – pretty smooth process. I got what I wanted

Interview Details – Initially there was a phone interview with a hiring manager, quickly followed by the invitation for an on-site interview. The interview was well organized and professional. I talked to several engineers one-on-one. Afterwards there was a panel interview which was fairly intense. I was asked questions about prior experience, system design decisions that I made in the past with diagrams being drawn on the white board. Overall, there were few technical software questions, the interviewers focused mostly on trying to understand what I have done in the past and how it related to their objectives.
The company was extremely quick in getting the information from my references and making a decision (it took just 2 or 3 days).
Overall, I had a very positive experience: efficient, quick, direct and fair.

Reason for Declining – I had a better offer at that time.

Interview Details – Everything is stated clearly in the contract and has withnesses at all times.
Each of the statements in the contract are explained in details to avoid any misunderstanding between two parties.
All the perks are also well defined in the contract and has everything meets the satisfaction.