Software Engineering Internship applicants have rated the interview process at F5 with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineering Internship roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at F5 overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at F5 as a Software Engineering Internship according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
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Applied online and then had an initial round of interviews, followed by a second round of interviews with various different employees in the company. Everything went very smoothly and the interviews were conducted well.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at F5 in Jan 2013
Interview
I applied online and had a phone interview scheduled within one week.
I spoke with the hiring manager for a half hour or so. She wanted to see whether or not my resume was accurate and mostly asked questions about prior projects, languages I knew, and how I go about solving a problem.
After one week, I heard back from my recruiter who wanted to bring me on site for an interview. I had five interviews with four people and it took 3-4 hours. I was asked about many things including behavioral questions, past projects, classes I was taking. Some interviewers went through my resume and asked me about the things on it. They would drill deeper to see if I really had a good understanding of CS concepts.
Basic software engineering experience and knowledge of software design practices are important. Knowing multiple languages helps.
Good problem solving skills are critical for interviewing at F5. It's okay if you don't know something, but you need to demonstrate you could solve a problem you know nothing about.
Overall, interview process was good and the people were quite friendly and supportive. I got a tour of the facility and met many of the people I would later end up working with. There were no trick questions or really difficult problems. I don't think I was asked a single question I didn't know the answer to. If you're a good fit for the job, you shouldn't have problems here.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I didn't get any tricky technical questions, but I was surprised when I was asked for my favorite data structure.