I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Lyris (Emeryville, CA) in Jul 2010
Interview
Consisted of one phone screen, one in-person interview followed by an offer within couple of days. In-person interview lasted for about 4 hours. Was done by 2 folk QA Engineers in 1st round, 3 Dev Engineers in 2nd, and more random people in 3rd. Was very friendly, non-hostile, reasonably technical.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard QA questions + some programming skills, SQL,Unix, Automation
QA Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Lyris with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for QA Engineer roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Lyris overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Lyris as a QA Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 17%
Background check: 17%
Personality test: 17%
Skills test: 17%
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