Calix·Systems Engineer

Calix Systems Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

Richardson, TXPosted Jun 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a phone screen that went well, mostly focused on behavioral questions.

After that, I got scheduled for a second round, and that’s where the experience fell apart. The interviewer was rude, and the call didn’t feel properly run—he was speaking in a way that made him hard to hear, and there were long pauses between questions. I also experienced what felt like an abrupt technical breakdown when the call disconnected.

What made it difficult wasn’t just the performance of the interviewer; it was the lack of clarity about what he wanted from me in the moment. I kept waiting for the next question to land clearly, but it never really did.

I didn’t get an offer, and

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