Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Ciena with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 76% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 19 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 Software Engineer according to 19 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 27%
Skills test: 16%
Drug test: 11%
Background check: 7%
Group panel interview: 4%
Presentation: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Ciena (Ottawa, ON) in Sep 2009
Interview
I got a call from the HR Recruiter from Ciena asking me to come for an interview after 2 days.
I was interviewed by the manager and a software engineer. All the questions during the interview were asked by the software engineer and I answered them correctly. Actually I started dominating the software engineer and I believe that is why he didn;t recommend me for the position. The manager just sat there and listened while I did most of the talking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you use semophores / mutexes in an interrupt handler?
Cancelled my rescheduled interview without any communication from HR. Got ghosted when asked for an explanation. 2 days later, I get a notification that the position is closed. Will never bother applying here again.
Good experience. Only 2 interviews; 1 for soft skills and 1 for technical skills. I ended up getting the job. Fairly easy interview. Good place to work. Why need many word, when few word do trick?