Ciena·Software Engineer

Ciena Software Engineer interview experience

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San Jose, CAPosted Dec 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process felt organized and fairly quick once I got scheduled.

I started with a recruiter outreach that led to a phone screen, and then I had multiple interviews that combined technical evaluation with HR conversations. What stood out was how cooperative scheduling was—HR and the technical panel were both easy to work with, and the timeline ended up taking about a week rather than dragging.

On the interview days, it moved in a structured sequence. I did a phone interview first, and then I went face-to-face at the Gurgaon office. The on-site portion included technical discussion with a panel setting, and I remember the questions being mostly around core

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