I applied through college or university. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Alcatel-Lucent (Vellore) in Jan 2016
Interview
its tough and comprises of 2 to 3 Hr rounds followed with a hr interview.the questions are mostly basic and is related to core as well as programming.sometimes they take a coding round too.the overall selection process is tough and needs good understanding of the basic fundamental coding and core.The interviewers were cordial and were trying to help throughout the interview with some suggestion during puzzle solving and coding rounds
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Alcatel-Lucent
Interview
The process that went in our college was a technical test round (online test including MCQs and Coding) followed by four rounds of interview (all technical interviews). The interview was mostly based on the resume. The projects done are asked thoroughly. The interviews are mainly observed on whether the student is willing to try to answer the question and how the progress takes place. The interviewers are very supportive and help the student to get to correct answer.
Important Point : Never try to bluff something in project as they are asked in very detail.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One case of doubly linked list pattern was given and was asked to get the different pattern of similar cases.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Alcatel-Lucent
Interview
The interviewer asked questions for two hours and he asked questions from all the subjects I studied till that point from computer science. Great and experienced recruiters but hard to crack their interview. Be thorough with your basics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
networking protocols, circular linked list datastructure e.t.c
Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Alcatel-Lucent with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 22 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Alcatel-Lucent overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Alcatel-Lucent as a Software Development Engineer according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 23%
One on one interview: 21%
Background check: 19%
Phone interview: 15%
Group panel interview: 10%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Presentation: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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