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      Systems and Network Engineer Interview

      1 Mar 2015
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Bellevue, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Valve Corporation (Bellevue, WA) in Feb 2015

      Interview

      It is a series of interviews with pairs of people, each asking something different. They want to see your technical prowess, your thought process, and how you tackle a problem while optimizing for what is best for business. The questions themselves were all technical and/or business related. The questions don't seem very challenging, but your answers need to be very strong, and that is where the difficulty lies. Most interviewers are very friendly and helpful, and they will help you stay comfortable. This is not a huge company, but they have many applicants. They have their choice of who to hire, and it is probably worse for them to turn down a possibly good employee than it is to hire on a bad one. Because of this, you need to be highly compatible or strong in many areas (personality, work culture, technical ability, business acumen), and you will need to get that across in your interviews. I'm sure they also hire rock-stars who would be core to improving their business.

      Interview questions [4]

      Question 1

      Solve a capacity planning and architecture problem given some parameters. Forecast the income generated by the product given some additional parameters. Analyse the viability from a business perspective, and see where you should try to make improvements in order to make the product more likely to be a business success. Secondarily, be able to explain architectural design choices.
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      Write a program for a toy problem. Be able to explain why you are making certain choices, and be prepared to explain how something works as you work through it.
      1 Answer

      Question 3

      Explain some projects you have worked on, and elaborate on why you made certain choices for that project.
      Answer question

      Question 4

      What projects would you work on to add value here? This is a lead in question to them probing you on specifics.
      1 Answer
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