Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Carbonite with 2.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Carbonite overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Carbonite as a Software Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 42%
One on one interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 17%
Background check: 8%
Skills test: 8%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Carbonite (Boston, MA) in Mar 2015
Interview
Applied for the position online. HR contacted me within a week.
Phone calls:
Had phone conversations twice, both times with different manager. Was OK.
In-person interview:
I was told the interviews would last for 3 hours. Was fairly excited that I would be asked some good to great technical questions. Here is how it played out:\
- Met the HR. Her questions
-- Why are you looking to change?
-- Are you interviewing other companies? Are you going to take up the offer if they extend one?
-- What is your salary reqs?
- Met the VP. No technical questions. Professional fit questions only.
-- Describe yourself in 3 words
-- We need the engineer to interact with other non tech teams and sometimes even with customers. Are you willing to do that?
- Met 3 different managers, one of them was a hiring manager. No technical questions. Again, only professional fit questions.
-- The hiring manager mentioned that he wants all his employees to be always working on other technologies so that they are ready to switch jobs in the future.
-- I asked the one other manager about what he likes the most about working, to which he replied by mentioning everything except for the kind of work he has done at the company.
- Met an engineer: Professional fit questions only. I don't even remember the discussion.
The experience was mind numbing. In a nutshell, I spent 3 hours interviewing and there was not a single technical question asked. Bad reviews about the company on Glassdoor could also explain the hiring process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Describe yourself in 3 words
- We need developer to interact with other teams. Does it work for you
- Do you have any open source projects?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Carbonite (Boston, MA) in Sep 2016
Interview
I applied online and got a call from Recruiter to set up initial discussion. Next round was a telephonic technical interview with hiring manager. Basic OOPS and C# concepts like Dependency Injection, Anti Forgery token etc. Final onsite interview with the team, 4 rounds one hour each. Basic DS and algorithm questions. C# questions like difference between IEnumerable, IQueryable etc.
After the onsite interview Recruiter emailed me and said received positive feedback but was waiting on other candidates.
After a week got rejected email saying my experience does not match with requirements. I guess they are too selective.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic DS and algorithm questions. C# questions like difference between IEnumerable, IQueryable etc.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Carbonite (Boston, MA) in May 2016
Interview
I received a mail from the Recruiter if I am still interested in the position.
I had initial phone screen from Team Manager. It was nice speaking with him and called for onsite post my resume walk through. The position they were hiring was for Frontend
I had five in person interviews with the engineers in the team.
All the interview focussed primarily on basic JavaScript.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about call, apply,bind methods in javascript.
How do you find a missing number in 1..n numbers.
Difference between == and ===?
Design question on how you design a web page for a particular usecase
Type Coercion in JavaScript
Describe advantages of using MVC pattern?
Asked about Angular basics, data binding etc.
How you implement Encapsulation in JavaScript?
The difference between map() and reduce() method in JavaScript?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Carbonite (Sunnyvale, CA) in Oct 2015
Interview
Simple algorithm questions. Their main focus is on the technology rather than the problem solving capability. I do not blame the engineers. The VP of Engineering in Sunnyvale office is extremely confused person. He was never convinced why I am leaving a bigger company to join a company like theirs. It actually made me question his trust in the company and his products. He went ahead to check my references and it seems he was satisfied after talking to them. I am assuming an offer was on the way but maybe his suspicious nature got the best of him. I would never want to join such an unprofessional company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Linked List reversal
2. Some perl and python basics