I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at VMware in Oct 2015
Interview
Got an email from Recruiter early October approximately. I wasn't really ready for interviews, but he pushed me since they had some hiring event in next couple of weeks. So, I decided to give it a try and took the online test. 2 coding questions in 60 minutes on hackerrank. Went alright.
So, I got another email from recruiter for a phone interview. I guess they added a phone interview probably because the interview team was going to fly from CA to WA, may be they wanted to really ensure that the candidates were qualified. The interviewer was nice. Asked me two coding questions, I solved both in 50 minutes max. I don't have C listed on my resume, but the interviewer requested me to try C and not code in the language of my choice. I tried and was successful, primarily because I am a comfortable with C++ (thank God). From my conversation with the interviewer, interview was all good and he was happy. All the 4 questions (online and phone interview) were really easy. He explicitly told me to follow up with recruiter if I don't hear back.
I got an email from recruiter that they will not move forward. Pretty sad.
1. Recruiter pushed me for a online test without prep. I agreed and test was good.
2. Recruiter pushed me again for a phone interview. I managed my time and took phone interview immediately. Did well there too (at least that's what I think based on my experience with past interviews and interviewer's reaction)
3. Interviewer forced me to code in a language I haven't listed in my resume. I still cracked it.
And I get a rejection? The only reason I can think of is the requirement of C because the position required kernel level programming (C language). Why call me for interview if they have language restrictions and they don't see that skill set on my resume?
Didn't expect that from VMWare. I guess, this company is out of my list for future. Good luck VMWare.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Online screening:
1. Delete function in BST
2. Some question related to x86-64 bit architecture and the answer was to do with bit manipulation (i will update it if i can recall the exact question, the question itself was like 5-6 lines long).
Phone Interview:
1. Given a sorted link list, remove duplicates (C language)
2. Reverse a string (C language)
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at VMware (Palo Alto, CA) in Mar 2017
Interview
Got Linkedin inmail from recruiter . gave hackeRank test, passed it, Then arranged phone screen , was easy as far as I feel . But since then no answers, I tried emailing to recruiters , calling them, left voice mails, no replies. Have no decency or manners reply back , give update. Total waste of time interviewing with them. Very bad recruiting experience overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some hackerank coding question, producer consumer problem on phone, some basic java synchronization questions
I applied through university. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at VMware (Los Angeles, CA) in Nov 2016
Interview
telephonic interview was called for 45 minutes. I really suck in programming. Question was simple
but could not complete in time although I completed the brute force method but interviewer was asking for an improved solution and I could not provide that. I really need to catch up on my programming for these type of interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
find the sum of 3 integers in an array that is closest to the target value.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at VMware (San Jose, CA)
Interview
Standard screening and onsite interviews. Recruiting team was very helpful during the process.
Onsite interviewers were knowledge and the interviews were pleasant. The interviews also gave me a good idea about the role.