Ciena·Software Engineer

Ciena Software Engineer interview experience

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Montreal, QCPosted Apr 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a phone screen and moved quickly into a written component that carried a lot of weight.

I remember them giving me a programming take-home assignment where I could choose my own programming language, followed by another take-home-style assignment with less time than the first one. The expectation felt less about creative problem solving and more about executing well in the language they wanted.

After the assignments, there was an in-person interview. That final round felt very language-centric overall, with questions that judged how well I handled language details rather than just high-level problem solving. It wasn’t the kind of interview where I could bluff by reasoning

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