I applied through university. I interviewed at Verizon (Ithaca, NY) in Oct 2013
Interview
They probably got my resume from my university career fair. Was contacted for a phone interview that was strictly behavioral - 30 minutes long. Then they immediately told me right after my interview that I was moved onto the next round. Told me to apply online to make the process official and then I was contacted for an oncampus interview. Was half technical and half behavioral - each section lasted about 30-40 minutes. Was contacted about 2-3 weeks after with an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone Interview (Round 1)
Verified personal contact info and gpa
Ran through resume
Why did you choose your major
Show you're passionate about technology in this portion
Pretty basic behavioral questions
On Campus Interview (Round 2)
Behavioral Portion
Why did you choose your major
Just ran through the resume - "tell me about this"
Location preferences etc
Tell me about a time you had difficulty with a team member and how you handled it
Was really easy going
Technical Portion (2 people interviewed me at the same time)
How do you like college so far?
Concept I've learned in a project/class and how I've used it
Can you name a time when you worked with someone who wasn't doing his/her part of a project or was unenthusiastic about it? How did you deal with it?
Can you name a time when you ran into a problem with a team project and how you and your team handled it?
When have you displayed leadership?
Describe one time when you failed and how you recovered and learned from it
Just kind of went with the flow of the conversation - was really easy. Just mentioned a ton of experiences from my resume...my resume provided a good structure for the overall conversation
I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Verizon (Chennai) in Aug 2025
Interview
270 students for OA. 99 students for in-person process (3 rounds).
Round 1, Group discussion. 10 students per group. My group's topic was "Global companies view India as a customer market. What are your thoughts on this?". Went pretty well, panelist had minimal interaction with us during the GD. I made sure to keep calm and not seem desperate to speak. If you speak only to seem active without actually contributing significant knowledge then that's a red flag.
Round 2. Technical interview. Every student had a different experience, The interviewers weren't following a fixed pattern. What worked for me was to know my resume and projects inside out. I deliberately spoke a lot about my project. Most of my time was occupied by project and internship discussion. After this interviewer asked me about DSA. Very very basic. Only concept based, Didn't have to code.
Round 3. HR Interview. Felt like a formality since it was a short conversation, Only about 10 minutes, Nothing they could evaluate me on. Just getting to know my personality maybe.
Notes: Interviews were definitely getting harder as the day progressed. Candidates who had interviews 2-3 hours after me had more difficult interviews and it really felt like they were trying to eliminate more candidates. You are lucky if you go first.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your lowest/most difficult moment and how did you overcome it?
The interview process was a Video Interview, they give 2 tries for to record yourself for each question. there were 9 questions, the questions were not too bad. you record yourself