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Manager:Tell me about experience. Me:Have 12 years of experience in XXX technology stack.Within 15 sec of conversation he said we dont need that.Well excuse me ....i was shocked i did except him to atleast view my resume before the call.My instinct were already hinting this is not a kind of job i want to deal with or team i want to join but moved on. Me:Ok so i know i kept these questions for last but what do you need for your position??He kind aaa started braging about his desktop application etc etc.Ok great. Me :Ok so what are expecting from this role.Can you explain a little more.He kinda didnt like this question.He started to ask some tech questions without any concern .Ok at this point i was about to abort and wanted to just end this conversation but an interview my self i moved on to ethics. Manager:do you know about garbage collector .Explained him what my experience gave me all these years and he was not satisfied .I tried my best .He asked me explain the code to write garbage collector .You heard me correct but may be this may be acceptable as it depends on teams , work and projects.I was at frank that i never had to code that as the framework handled it .He was not convinced and started asking why my experience dint give a chance to code , i tried my best to explain and yet he was not convined and started explaining that he graduated in 90s and all that they learnt was c ++ and at thjis point he started pisiing me off, i tried to counter attack with answers.I mentioned how i didnt code that and yet the product i work generates millions of dollars. Manager:At this point i cant move to next step. Me:Well this job description dont match my interest either. silence and i thanked him for calling thats it. If you applying for an desktop related teams please be advised that you learn basic c++, though the description asks you for .net c# java ,etc.Dont even waste time.Desktop application jobs are for people who want to spend their life in multi threading and dont want to hear a thing.
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Principal Engineer - Software

Interviewed at Dell Technologies

3.7★
Apr 19, 2019

Manager:Tell me about experience. Me:Have 12 years of experience in XXX technology stack.Within 15 sec of conversation he said we dont need that.Well excuse me ....i was shocked i did except him to atleast view my resume before the call.My instinct were already hinting this is not a kind of job i want to deal with or team i want to join but moved on. Me:Ok so i know i kept these questions for last but what do you need for your position??He kind aaa started braging about his desktop application etc etc.Ok great. Me :Ok so what are expecting from this role.Can you explain a little more.He kinda didnt like this question.He started to ask some tech questions without any concern .Ok at this point i was about to abort and wanted to just end this conversation but an interview my self i moved on to ethics. Manager:do you know about garbage collector .Explained him what my experience gave me all these years and he was not satisfied .I tried my best .He asked me explain the code to write garbage collector .You heard me correct but may be this may be acceptable as it depends on teams , work and projects.I was at frank that i never had to code that as the framework handled it .He was not convinced and started asking why my experience dint give a chance to code , i tried my best to explain and yet he was not convined and started explaining that he graduated in 90s and all that they learnt was c ++ and at thjis point he started pisiing me off, i tried to counter attack with answers.I mentioned how i didnt code that and yet the product i work generates millions of dollars. Manager:At this point i cant move to next step. Me:Well this job description dont match my interest either. silence and i thanked him for calling thats it. If you applying for an desktop related teams please be advised that you learn basic c++, though the description asks you for .net c# java ,etc.Dont even waste time.Desktop application jobs are for people who want to spend their life in multi threading and dont want to hear a thing.

First round was fit questions such as background, why BCG, why private equity, asked my about relevant experience in the past such as gathering data and analyzing it. Second round was a 45 min M&A case with hiring manager and we jumped right into the case before anything. Case was about a PE group client looking to enter the pet food suppler industry and interviewer asked what my thoughts were on it. Talked about the market size, vendors, ratios on how much each vendor supplied premium pet food and then finished the case by talking about trends for the market and if I thought the client should enter the market.
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Principal Investors and Private Equity Knowledge Analyst

Interviewed at Boston Consulting Group

4.2★
Jun 25, 2019

First round was fit questions such as background, why BCG, why private equity, asked my about relevant experience in the past such as gathering data and analyzing it. Second round was a 45 min M&A case with hiring manager and we jumped right into the case before anything. Case was about a PE group client looking to enter the pet food suppler industry and interviewer asked what my thoughts were on it. Talked about the market size, vendors, ratios on how much each vendor supplied premium pet food and then finished the case by talking about trends for the market and if I thought the client should enter the market.

Some IT departments attempt to keep their vendors from talking to line of business people. Tell me about a time you had to manage a situation where the IT department wanted to restrict access to the end-users and how you overcame that.
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Principal Platform Sales Specialist

Interviewed at Microsoft

4★
Aug 4, 2010

Some IT departments attempt to keep their vendors from talking to line of business people. Tell me about a time you had to manage a situation where the IT department wanted to restrict access to the end-users and how you overcame that.

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