I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Meraki (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2013
Interview
Wined and dined us through the whole thing. Flew us in the night before and put us up in a nice hotel downtown to make sure we were well rested. Hospitality was excellent through the whole process - I was offered snacks and drinks, they let me stop to play the office piano (a baby grand), and we were nicely fed. Even took us to a local brewery for drinks afterwards. The next day we headed to the roof of the building where we were able to overlook all of SF, and we were taken on a trolley tour of the city. Several technical interviews on day 1 followed by an interview with one of the three founders for a personality/culture fit on day 2. Overall one of the best interview experiences I've ever had. Ultimately I accepted a different offer but still use the Meraki interview experience as the gold standard when contributing to the recruiting process at my current employer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
NDA prohibits me from disclosing interview questions.
I do not mind doing extensive technical interviews including scenarios. Using the cisco lab tool to simulate network issues was fine. What i do not like is being bullied on an interview. The interviewer was too pushy, and I got the impression he was there aiming to proof me wrong. He was enjoying it.
If he let me explained my angle we would arrive to the same conclusion.
Waste of time, and energy.
Please train better the interviewers
Long and intense. Unfortunately, the person conducting my last technical interview was new to the team (a senior colleague was shadowing him). He did not behave professionally. The senior colleague apologizes at some point in the interview for the attitude of his peer.
I declined to forward in the hiring process, once they invited me to meet them at their office (last step in the hiring process).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
CCNA questions
Cisco Lab with specific scenarios aiming to provide good understanding on L2/L3 and troubleshooting skills
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meraki (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2021
Interview
I got a call from a recruiter for 10'. He asked me about my experience. He call me the next day to set up a technical interview with the Supervisor. The interview took 1h. It was based on troubleshooting scenarios. I got an offer one week after the interview.
