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      Optical Systems Engineer Interview

      28 Jul 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Ottawa, ON

      Other Optical Systems Engineer interview reviews for Ciena

      Optical Systems Engineer Interview

      28 Dec 2015
      Anonymous employee
      Ottawa, ON
      Accepted offer
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Ciena (Ottawa, ON) in Nov 2015

      Interview

      First contacted by phone by a senior manager, and went through my resume and also previous coding experience. Invited for an on site interview where you meet two of the senior managers and answered several behavioral questions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Conflicts with other people and how you deal with it
      Answer question
      3
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Ciena (Ottawa, ON) in Dec 2015

      Interview

      applied online. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Ciena (Ottawa, ON) in December 2015. Applied on their website. Whole process was about 4 weeks. Phone interview asking about school, work experience. Some basic technical questions about operating systems, systems design. Called in for an in-person interview. Again, behavioral questions and more technical questions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      what would you do if you win 10 billion dollar
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      Ciena response
      10y
      Hi, we're very pleased to hear that you enjoyed your experience interviewing with us and accepted our offer!

      Optical Systems Engineer Interview

      27 Apr 2012
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Ciena in Nov 2011

      Interview

      I received two rounds of the phone interview from 2 different groups. One of them was very technical asking to explain the details of my research in my PhD and then asking questions about optical measurement instruments like OSA, ESA, VNA, measurement uncertainty and so on, the other phone interview was mostly qualitative. On site interview was lasted 5 hrs and meeting with 3 different groups and members and it was mostly technical.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Explain the difference between the OSA and an ESA with an optical head and draw the block diagram of each one.
      Answer question
      2