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      Accounting Interview

      17 Mar 2010
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Ciena in Feb 2010

      Interview

      Had a phone interview which consisted of rapid fire "give me an example when..." type questions. HR told me you only get 15 days of leave to start, which is much lower than most companies I interviewed with. I was told they'd get back to me in a couple days. However, it took 2 weeks. After that I had two 1:1 in person interviews. Great location. I'm not sure about other depts, but the accounting group was working lots of OT and I was told I'd have to work one Sunday each quarter (and not able to work from home). Overall bad experience. Not that I would have take that job (I couldn't get out of there fast enough), but HR told me they would get back to me either way the next day yet I never heard back.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      10-20 questions right out of one of those 101 Interview Questions types of books. "GIve me an example of when you had to deal with lots of risk..." "Give me an example of a time when you worked on a project and it failed..." etc.
      Answer question