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Avaya interviews FAQs
Sales Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Avaya with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Engineer roles take an average of 88 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Avaya overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Avaya as a Sales Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 19%
Presentation: 15%
Group panel interview: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Background check: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Avaya in Jun 2015
Interview
Phone and video-conference interviews with hiring managers and peers. First interviewed with HR, basic phone screen. Next a one-on-one with the hiring manager which went very well by his feedback. Next a group video-conference which was very strange. Avaya has you download their video-conference client, which may or may not be supported by your browser/OS environment. Make sure you test it thoroughly long before your meeting. Even then it may still give you problems.
The group was made up of a peer, the hiring manager, his peer, and his boss.
Some of the people were on video, others on cell phone only - communication issues were challenging. Questions were presented along the lines of "describe how you deal with X or Y". There did not seem to be a logical order and they admitted to "breaking script".
The biggest concern - one of the group was using the video-conference chat sidebar to talk about me as I was answering questions. apparently unaware that I could see everything he was typing.
This had a very distracting effect for me. Perhaps that was by design, but I found it very unprofessional. Further, I would have expected senior level sales engineers to be familiar with how video-conference features work, particularly when they are of their own design.
Though I was not made an offer, I did not follow up after this call and likely would not have accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None of the questions were particularly difficult - standard "How do you deal with objections" type of stuff.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Avaya (Durham, NC) in Aug 2020
Interview
This was a two part interview where the first section was with a member of the HR hiring team. The follow-up took place about a week later with a panel of four or five managers.
A very easy two-interview process with the hiring manager and another manager. I did pre with some other SE, but it didn't have anything to do with the interview. Then the onboarding person took some time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you worked with the Avaya Aura product line before?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Avaya (Singapore) in Aug 2015
Interview
The interview process was tough; took 6 rounds but it was a great process. Great test of technical skills through a number of technical review with senior technical leadership and soft skills with senior business leadership.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would be the few things you would do during the first 30 days onboard?