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      Senior Systems Engineer Interview

      May 12, 2016
      Anonymous employee
      São Paulo, São Paulo

      Other Senior Systems Engineer interview reviews for Ciena

      Senior Systems Engineer Interview

      Dec 2, 2018
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Gurgaon, Haryana
      No offer
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Ciena (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Apr 2012

      Interview

      You are interviewed by 4 persons, all related to position you are applying for, part of the interviews are 1:1 and part are by phone. the 1:1 were in Brazil and in Portuguese, the ones by phone were with executives and they were in English.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How do I see myself in 5 years
      Answer question
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Ciena (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Aug 2018

      Interview

      Exceptionally Pathetic Process. Try not to get fall into Ciena Interview process. In an interview invitation it would be mentioned that they have 4 rounds- Written Test, 2 face to face interview, HR. However, you will be stunned after reaching interview venue that they have 7-8 rounds. 1 written test, 5 face to face interviews, 1 managerial, 1 HR round. On first day they take one written test and 3 face to face interviews. After that they say their panel is not available for other interviews. Please come on some other day for 2-3 hours on week day. When you reach on second day for more interviews 2 face to face rounds happen. After clearing these rounds one managerial round. Managerial round is more of an aptitude round. Manger asks your Current CTC, Expected CTC. After this their DRAMA starts. Manager will say they will get back to you in few days. I want to ask that if you want to hire after few days, then why you wasted so much time of candidate. You are still left with little hope that they will get back to you in weeks' time. But when you follow up on the same you will get to know you are their BACK UP candidate. They say they have drive in Bangalore after that they will get back to you. It has been around 2.5 months but no update yet. I believe they might be stuck in Bangalore traffic or in its rainy season. I would propose to Ciena please don't give false hope to candidate. Its their career. DON'T PLAY with it. Give clear response to candidate whether he/she is hired or not. Many Thanks!!!

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      DESIGN and basic OOPS questions
      Answer question
      4
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      Ciena response
      7y
      Thanks for the feedback! We want to sincerely apologize for your negative experience. However, we'd like to learn more about your situation and what exactly happened. We want to make things right. You can email us at Cienafeedback@ciena.com and we will get back to you promptly. We look forward to hearing from you

      Senior Systems Engineer Interview

      Oct 31, 2015
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Ciena in Jan 2012

      Interview

      few rounds of interview from different department. My humble advice is need to prepare for the technical round with most of the questions focusing on optical switching technologies, SDN, my past working experience,

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How you compares our products with others?
      Answer question
      1