Alcatel-Lucent Motive Software Engineer interview experience

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ChennaiPosted Jun 2012 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a sequence of timed tests and then a few structured rounds.

I went through an analytical written test first, then a C/C++ written section. After that came a technical face-to-face panel round with multiple people, and finally there was an HR conversation. Overall it felt pretty rigorous but still organized, and the loop moved in a way that kept adding a new layer each time.

The written work stood out because it covered fundamentals, not just one narrow topic: questions tied back to data structures, networking concepts, and core C/C++ knowledge. By the time I reached the technical panel, the tone shifted from testing isolated facts to understanding

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