I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at AT&T in Feb 2013
Interview
Professional done through NATEK agency. One initial interview, then technical interview with ATT employee and one interview with the manager. Finally one more call with the hiring person. As there needed the employee for now and I decided to join quickly then I got additional bonus and relocation package.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why do we use null as next hop in BGP (ip route x.x.x.x y.y.y.y null0)
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at AT&T (Atlanta, GA) in Oct 2025
Interview
The interview process for this job posting was extremely fast and efficient. I applied and interviewed within 2 weeks. I also was reached out to for a second interview within a week of completing part 1.
Group team interview. Everyone was polite and shared experiences about their time with the company. They explained the role, what experience was needed and the expectation the engineers mindset should be in.
I applied online. I interviewed at AT&T (Washington, DC)
Interview
The phone interview was long. Around 60 minutes. During the onsite interview I was interviewed by 4 staff, for 45 minutes each. They only asked technical questions. They did not ask much about my previous jobs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About network routers, made by Cisco and Juniper Networks.
Network Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at AT&T with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Network Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 41 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at AT&T overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at AT&T as a Network Engineer according to 41 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 15%
Background check: 15%
Skills test: 13%
Drug test: 10%
Group panel interview: 8%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Presentation: 1%
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