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Software Developer at Open Text

Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Waterloo, ON Aug 2012 – Reviewed Mar 02, 2013

Interview Details HR phone screen and on-site technical interview

Interview Question – Generica web application related questions: SQL, CSS, business logic design, Java   Answer Question

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BI Developer Co-op at Open Text

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Waterloo, ON – Reviewed Feb 13, 2013

Interview Details Easy interview. Fit questions. Smile lots and you'll get the job,

Interview Question – None. All questions are fit questions.   Answer Question

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Software Engineer at Open Text

No Offer – Reviewed Jan 23, 2013

Interview Details Phone interview & technical interview

Interview Question – What is polymorphism?   Answer Question

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Director Level at Open Text

Declined Offer – Interviewed in Waterloo, ON Nov 2009 – Reviewed Jan 22, 2010

Interview Details I was approached by a representative of the company. Did a phone interview with this person. She indicated that I had the skills and experience and would pass the information to her Manager to setup an interview. No communication then for 5 months. I then get an email out of the blue asking me to do a phone interview at a specific time and date with less than 48 hours notice. No explanation for the 5 months of silence.

Interview Question – The interview was not difficult and I appeared to have the skills and experience they were seeking.   Answer Question

Reason for Declining – I decided not to proceed with this company as they clearly have little communication skill and I felt that it probably was indicative of a place that puts little effort in keeping their employees in the loop. I also felt that the urgency in the final email meant they were up against a deadline to have candidates for interviewing and they were just contacting me after 5 months to meet their deadlines.

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Product Marketing Manager at Open Text

No Offer – Interviewed in Waterloo, ON Oct 2009 – Reviewed Oct 28, 2009

Interview Details Quite pleasant experience for product marketing manager position.
Questions were very straight forward and uncomplicated.
Email with pre-screening questions helped set the stage for the interview.
No offer was made due to limited experience.
Recruiter tried to pass off more experience than I had, despite my resume being outstanding.

The recruiting experience is a much different strategy than simply applying directly to hiring managers.

Interview Question – What writing have you done of sales material   View Answer

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QA Analyst at Open Text

Declined Offer – Interviewed in Waterloo, ON Apr 2009 – Reviewed May 19, 2009

Interview Details I replied to a job site posting, had an initial phone interview and was told that an interview would be scheduled in Waterloo. I didn't hear anything, so after 3 weeks I followed up and an inteview was scheduled within a few days. I think the recruiter 'lost' me in the system.

I had two typical in-person inteviews which went really well and I liked the team and the work responsibilities - it would have been a perfect match for me.

Interview Question – There were no unexpected questions - just the standard interview questions - why did you leave your last job, what are your strengths/weaknesses, etc.   Answer Question

Reason for Declining – After accepting the offer, I found out that a police, reference and credit check would be done by an American company. I would have been ok with this if a Canadian company was doing the checks but because of the US Patriot Act, I was extremely uncomfortable for the potential (albeit very remote) of this information being used by the US government.

Just the thought of my personal information potentially being sent to a third-party without my knowledge or consent made me feel as if my right to privacy was being violated.

I then revoked my acceptance of the offer.

In summary, the interview was positive; the conditions of employment were unacceptable.

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Senior Consultant at Open Text

No Offer – Interviewed in Hyderābād (India) – Reviewed May 07, 2013

Interview Details They have lengthy interview process. Minimum is 4 rounds and have heard someone underwent even 9 rounds of interview. Most if time, you will be asked to write code. Some questions are just asked for sake of asking. I am not sure if all their current employees can ask stupid questions.

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Senior Software Engineer at Open Text

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Sep 2010 – Reviewed Apr 12, 2013

Interview Details normally there are 3-4 rounds of interviews, first round is host by external HR agent, then team manager will run another round of phone interview, once pass, another phone interview will be host by some senior technical members, last interview will be on-site interview.  

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Trainee at Open Text

Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Hyderābād (India) Feb 2013 – Reviewed Mar 06, 2013

Interview Details At first, skill test is conducted which includes java,c,,aptitude,analytical. next step is face to face interview in which logical skills and technical skills are observed.

Interview Question – No questions like that and the questions asked me are puzzle,my strengths,a c program and few questions about my resume.   Answer Question

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Billing at Open Text

Accepted Offer – Reviewed Feb 11, 2013

Interview Details pre-selection by head hunters, one phone interview, one personal interview with managers

Interview Question – none - very practical and reasonable questions   Answer Question

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