Senior Software QA Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Ciena with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software QA Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 1 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 Senior Software QA Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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Fair and friendly process.
You would get a pre-screening phone call, and if invited to face2face interview, be ready for panel and 1-on-1 interviews.
It took a while to wrap-up the offer process, but it turns out well at the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Know your craft and be ready to answer fundamentals and "use case scenarios" type of questions.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Ciena (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2012
Interview
I contacted the recruiter via LinkedIn and got an interview call. I first had a phone interview with the hiring manager and then was called over for a 1:1 interview. The on-site interview consisted of 6 rounds and one of it was through video conferencing and the other was a group interview with 5 people. The interview was very technical with questions mostly about various L2/L3 protocols. I was expected to know the packet format for almost all protocols. A lot of questions on QoS and how it can be tested. A lot of questions on iTest automation tool. Some basic testing questions like how will you come up with a test plan, how will file a defect, most difficult/complicated issue that you've found etc. The entire team was very friendly and the work culture was great. Would have loved to join them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the packet format for PBB, PB, IPv6, IPv4, Ethernet along with the size of each field