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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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Ciena (Alpharetta, GA) in Sep 2011
Interview
Applied Online, Phone screen followed by 5 round in-person interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
virtual destructors
c++ inheritance
singleton class
pipe
semaphore
mutex
strlen
call by value, call by reference
break continue
pure virtual functions
virtual base class
linked list - add a node
hashes
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?