I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Ciena in Jul 2020
Interview
3 technical rounds
1 round : Fully technical Coding, Bit manipulation, Stack ,Linked list, also ask networking background
2 round : Fully technical and coding round, Detailed discussion about the project. Detailed discussion about last implemented feature by me. OS related questions.
3 round : Technical + Manager round, C coding question. Background discussion
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Stack, Queue, Linkedlist,Array, All C programming concepts
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?
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Ciena interviews FAQs
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%
Presentation: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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