I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Calix
Interview
They totally had 5 rounds of interviews. In that 3 technical rounds and 1 manager round and 1 hr discussion. And all the rounds are easy if you have experience on the required skills.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Calix in Sep 2021
Interview
Contact by a recruiter => have a 30 minute meeting => ask me what I am looking for the next job => talk a little bit about work life balance => interviewer just straight out said that "you will need to work 50 hours", "unfortunately not a right match" and just end the interview.
Initial telephonic screening call was conducted . After a week got call and informed for further technical rounds . I have been informed that further rounds will be personal technical interview . 4 technical rounds were conducted .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Networking questions , detailed questions on L2,L3 .
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Calix with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Calix overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Calix as a Software Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 21%
Drug test: 21%
Group panel interview: 13%
Phone interview: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
Background check: 8%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
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