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      Senior Software Engineer- C# Interview

      19 Jun 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Gurgaon, Haryana

      Other Senior Software Engineer- C# interview reviews for Ciena

      Senior Developer C# Interview

      27 Apr 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Gurgaon, Haryana
      No offer
      Negative experience
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Ciena (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Jun 2017

      Interview

      I was interviewed at Ciena Gurgaon in June 2017.I was called for F2F discussion.There were total 5 rounds.I could not clear the second round. The process started with a written test.There were total 25 questions(30 minutes) all were from .Net and c# and tricky questions.Basic with depth knowledge required to clear the test.Although I cleared the test.Second round was a technical discussion(duration 40-60 minutes).Interviewer was good helpful.Asked all the basic c# language question in Depth.I was very confident after giving the interview.But could not cleared the round. Prepare with basics and you will crack for sure.Don't know the selection/rejection parameters

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1.Abstract classes/Interfaces with examples 2.Dynamic Polimorphism/overloading with details. 3.Stack working in .Net Framework 4.Multithreading with practical approach. 5.CLR in details 6.Linq and Lambda Expressions 7.Restful and SOAP services
      Answer question
      7
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Ciena (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Apr 2019

      Interview

      There were total five rounds. First written test based on C# and Data structure. I cleared that and answered all questions. Then I went for face to face round In which all question were on .net c#. I gave answer for almost all questions only 2 I was not able to give proper answer out of 12 to 15. and Interview has not much questions to ask and he was not able to judge me then why he was there i do not know, I done with interview for 1 hour 15 min around ans was waiting outside, suddenly hr came and told me you are not selected in second round, I want to say one thing to Ciena if you have do not have good interviewer please do not waste the time of others and shut down the company. I openly challenge the interviewer for one to one discussion.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      all were on C# , LinkedList , stack in written test, some web api , REST and SOAP.
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      1
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      Ciena response
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      Thanks for the feedback and we are sorry for the experience you had. It is concerning and we would like to hear more. Please can you get in touch with us at Cienafeedback@ciena.com. Ciena is growing and we would like to ensure talented individuals like yourselves choose Ciena for a fulfilling career. We assure you that we will continue to find ways to improve and ensure every candidate at Ciena goes through a professional interview experience.