VMware Systems Engineer interview experience

The flow was described to me as three discussion-style interviews, including an on-call algorithm test because the job involved automation. There were also stretches of waiting between steps—sometimes for weeks—mostly because the team was busy, so it didn’t feel like everything moved back-to-back.

One of the later conversations felt more grounded in my relevant experience. I met recruiters in a campus setting and was asked a couple of data structures and algorithm questions. From there, we shifted into my past work and how it related to the hiring team’s needs, which made the questions feel