I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BlackBerry in Oct 2010
Interview
First they communicated through phone to setup a phone interview, there are 2 tech guys in phone interview. No behavioral or hypothetical questions, there are lot of straight forward technical questions.The guys are very friendly, they introduced themselves and questioned about my day, then one of them just briefed the interview process, he said that he has a set of questions, which he will ask and then ask some questions on my resume and then I will get to ask questions, if any.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What are differences or similarities between tcp and http
Good chill interview nothing crazy but yeah just ask some questions related to software engineering and that’s all it was imo. No
Big deal at all. At least 30
Words tho
Was good, detailed and laid out process. Communication was good and feedback on timely manner. Could have used more detail in job details. Professional panel during my visit. They did take a while to respond back and the process to completion was rather time consuming.
a phone screen with a phone screener, followed by a lengthy in-person interview with an interviewer, with whom I conducted a lengthy in-person interview, which followed an initial phone screen with a phone screener
Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at BlackBerry with 2.8 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 66.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 62 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 Developer according to 62 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 16%
Group panel interview: 13%
Background check: 9%
Personality test: 5%
Presentation: 2%
Drug test: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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