Calix·Software Engineer

Calix Software Engineer interview experience

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San Jose, CAPosted Sep 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter screen, my interview process unfolded as a set of short sessions with people across the organization—part Zoom, part on-site depending on the stage.

The process felt deliberately segmented, with different employees taking their turn, including team members, business relationship management, technical managers, and leadership, plus HR.

The interviews were generally calm and structured, and the room always felt quiet and comfortable when I was on-site. I talked about both professional and communication skills, and the role seemed to lean toward specific hands-on experience—embed system development was preferred, and they still expected basic programming ability. Across the rounds, the questions connected directly back to what I’d done

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