Alcatel-Lucent Motive Software Engineer interview experience

I typically only got contacted if there was an internal referral involved, and from there the conversations were mostly general, centered on what I had worked on and what was written on my resume. Both the hiring manager and team members asked about past projects rather than running a tight, standardized technical pipeline. Even the HR discussion felt vague compared to other loops I’d heard about.

In a separate round of hiring, I still saw a similar “less rigid” feel, but with a faster pace. I started with a phone interview focusing on basic skills like debugging approach, logical and