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 1 week. I interviewed at Ciena in Aug 2017
Interview
It was two rounds. First round is a phone interview which is really just a personality test. The second round was an in person interview with ~7 Software Engineers from all different teams interviewing one on one. It was in interviewer got ~45 minutes each to test me. In between all the interviews some one takes you out for lunch.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It depended on the person. Due to being a fresh grad a lot of the interviewer's asked basic computer science questions and theoretical problems that required coding to solve.
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?