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      Software Designer Interview

      Feb 25, 2020
      Anonymous employee
      Ottawa, ON
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Ciena (Ottawa, ON) in Jun 2016

      Interview

      Interview involved one phone screening with HR, one phone screening with Hiring Manager and one technical interview with HM. Some behavioural questions were also asked during the interview. Interview process took around 3 weeks. I received a call from HR after a week of applying online. Phone screen interview was set up within the same week. Second round was phone screening with hiring manager and another technical interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      General questions on data structures and algorithms (sorting algorithms). Couple questions about multi-threaded programming. I was asked to implement merge sort in C and compare it to other sorting algorithms.
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