Software Tester applicants have rated the interview process at BlackBerry with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Tester roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at BlackBerry overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at BlackBerry as a Software Tester according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Personality test: 17%
Group panel interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at BlackBerry
Interview
Phone interview is easy where they ask you about yourself. Then second interview they ask some technical questions about the position you would be working on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What did you do about a problem you could not solve.
Technical Interview, asks general questions like tell me about yourself, why did you apply for this position, why did you choose blackberry, etc. then asks few technical questions that you need to know the terminology & explain the concepts.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at BlackBerry (Mississauga, ON)
Interview
1. Received email from recruiter to schedule an interview: she seemed very enthusiastic and organized
2. Phone interview with manager with tech questions (software based, the usual ones)
3. Phone interview with other manager about problem solving in general
4. Webcam interview (puke!!) with team members, mostly same questions as # 2
5. Assignment given: more technical questions, some problem solving questions
6. In person with manager and director to review assignment and discuss hobbies
7. Phone interview with VP to discuss career goals and hobbies
8. Receive offer, accept offer, do background check, submit paperwork, begin working.
Total span was about 2 months from 1 to 8.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How can you store extra information in a linked list without adding a new data member given that the memory is X byte aligned?