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Updated Sep 16, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Production at Xyratex
Posted Sep 16, 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 Jun 2009 in West Sacramento, CA (took 4+ weeks)
outside agency called and arranged interviews by phone and in person.
the place looked disorganized. a fixer-upper in so many ways.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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Software Engineer at Xyratex
Posted Jul 14, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 (took 5 days)
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.
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Reason for Declining
I had a better offer at that time.
Other Details
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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Not Sure at Xyratex
Posted Apr 26, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Havant, England (United Kingdom) (took 1+ week)
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.
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I Applied Online.
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Engineer at Xyratex
Posted Feb 17, 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 Oct 2010 in Fremont, CA (took 4+ weeks)
Had 2 phone interviews one month apart and eventually the position was pulled back.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineer at Xyratex
Posted Oct 9, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Oct 2010 (took 2 days)
The company is thorough in their hiring process. They obviously want to hire the right person for the right job. Taking a PI survey was a part of the process. There were a couple phone interviews first, then followed by face to face interviews. The team was very open about the work environment. It is expected that people work hard. I was impressed by the team members with whom I interviewed. Hard working individuals that were friendly and honest.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Corperate at Xyratex
Posted Sep 21, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2008 in Havant, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
Simple questions and answers for an inernal role, slight bullish approach made for a tense atmosphere.
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Negotiation Details
Poor, value not recognisied
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Engineer at Xyratex
Posted Jul 4, 2010
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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 May 2010 in Sacramento, CA (took 2 days)
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.
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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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Failure Analysis at Xyratex
Posted Jun 8, 2010
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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 Jan 2010 in West Sacramento, CA (took 2 days)
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
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Software Engineer at Xyratex
Posted May 21, 2010
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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 Apr 2010 in Havant, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
I was taken from the reception by a group lead (one of the interviewers) and shown around with explanations what the job is about. Then we went to the head of the department office and I we went through my CV explaining what I have done in the past.
After this I was asked technical question for different functionality in C and C++ e.g. what is the scope static variable, what is (pure) virtual function. I was also asked to do a mini quiz which was based around virtual functions stuff.
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Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Engineering at Xyratex
Posted Apr 23, 2010
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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 Nov 2009 (took a day)
got a phone call from agency, and had a phone interview
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Other Details
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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