I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Juniper Networks in Jan 2009
Interview
Was referred for this opening by a friend. A senior engineer on the team contacted me and set up a phone interview that lasted about half an hour. The conversation was mostly focussed on previous project experience and the technologies used in those projects. The interviewer asked questions regarding differences between switching and routing, layer 2 switching, layer 3 switching, VLANs etc. Went into more detail on VLAN - fields in the VLAN header, function of each field, number of VLANs that can be supported etc. Also asked questions about SIP and H.323 and comparison between the two.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are VLANs used for? Describe the VLAN header? What is its size of the header? What are the fields in the VLAN header? What are the functions and size of each field? What is the maximum number of VLANs supported?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Juniper Networks (San Diego, CA)
Interview
5 interviews total consisting of coding and general background questions about work experience. They asked OS questions and questions about my background. Questions about memory, cache, Networks, threads etc were very common.
5 interviewer panel. Covering past experiences, domain expertise, and behavioral questions. 1h each. No coding questions. Focus on system design and deep dive into protocol knowledge. Then final call with recruiter to discuss numbers. No relocation package.
Juniper Networks conducts 4-5 rounds to select freshers as Software Engineers.
Online Round
Technical Round 1
Technical Round 2
Technical Round 3
HR Round
The students who clear the written round are called for a Technical Interview. To clear this round you should be clear with your basics. You should be prepared with Data structures and Algorithms, DBMS, Operating Systems, and computer networks
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The students who clear the written round are called for a Technical Interview. To clear this round you should be clear with your basics. You should be prepared with Data structures and Algorithms, DBMS, Operating Systems, and computer networks. You should be well prepared for system design problems. Students will be expected to write codes in the interview. They also ask questions from resume. They frequently ask questions about your previous projects. You may be asked puzzles in this round.
