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      Business Development Specialist Interview

      Jan 22, 2019
      Anonymous employee
      Dover, NH
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Ciena (Dover, NH) in May 2015

      Interview

      I had a phone interview to start in May of 2011. Went well I thought. Many months passed, then I had a second phone interview. This one didn't go so well. It was just awkward and strange. Then a third phone interview that went decent. It took 6 months to have three phone interviews before the hiring process began. Then met face to face at a restaurant as this is a remote position.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is my business development/sales experience? Please describe.
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      • Candidates applying for Business Development Specialist roles take an average of 180 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Ciena overall takes an average of 34 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Ciena as a Business Development Specialist according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Skills test:  14%

        Phone interview:  14%

        IQ intelligence test:  14%

        Drug test:  14%

        Group panel interview:  14%

        Presentation:  14%

        One on one interview:  14%

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