Ciena·Software Engineer

Ciena Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

New DelhiPosted Jul 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process involved multiple back-to-back technical segments.

I had a two-hour technical interview first, which then rolled directly into another two-hour technical block, and the plan was to have a manager-focused round after that. The first interviewer felt friendly and more interested in discussing answers grounded in facts; it didn’t feel like I was being interrogated.

But the later part of the process turned into one of the worst experiences I’ve had. The interview felt blunt and rude, like I was being pushed through something without real interest in my reasoning. I kept waiting for it to align with what I thought the process was meant to be, and

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