I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Ixia (Bucharest, Bucuresti) in Mar 2012
Interview
I was first approached by a recruiting company. There I had the first interview, which had general questions, nothing very technical.
At Ixia I had 3 meetings: one was one-on-one technical interview, one was a test taken on the PC, and another to discuss the package.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The one-on-one technical interview was very long and covered many many areas.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Ixia
Interview
I applied online and got a call two weeks later and got invited to an interview on site. The interview was technical. It last for about an hour. They were very friendly, and the questions were not very hard. I also had to talk about my experience and projects. Overall good impression.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Present the differences between ArrayList and LinkedList.
In depth interview, language and IQ tests, and technical discussions afterwards., on site. OOP general questions and algorithms. The questions targeted general software development knowledge. Also, there were tricky questions that stimulate thinking
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Ixia with 3 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 67.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Ixia overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Ixia as a Software Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 31%
Skills test: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 25%
Group panel interview: 13%
Presentation: 6%
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