Ciena·Software Engineer

Ciena Software Engineer interview experience

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IndiaPosted Oct 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process was all technical, but it unfolded as two consecutive rounds.

The early stage leaned into networking concepts and data structures, and it even touched C programming. I felt like it went well because the interviewer was interactive and made it easy to stay engaged.

After that, I had a second technical round that still stayed technical, but it also mixed in a few HR-style questions. I could answer some of what they asked, but I hit a couple of topics I hadn’t refreshed recently and couldn’t recall them cleanly. Even so, the overall experience felt more manageable than I expected, and I left feeling like the gap wasn’t about effort—it was just about

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