I applied in-person. I interviewed at Juniper Networks
Interview
It was a face to face interview at HPE office, Mahadevapura. First round was from the hiring manager (online). Three rounds in person. They covered almost all the projects I mentioned in my resume and cross verified each and every skill. At this level I was expecting them to check my problem solving skills than my low-level bit by bit knowledge. Probably interviewers are not skilled enough to ask good questions. All useless questions. Finally they concluded that I don't have projects on datapath which they were searching for. My question is - why did manager shortlist me for the interview and wasted one full day if they don't see something in my profile.
Juniper is known for such attitude. They want something which is very rare. This company doesn't want to build skills but buy skills from the market. Which means, employees who do good work in other companies are snatched from them by paying higher salaries. Best example of day-light robbery.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They touched upon all the projects I worked on. No coding questions. Looks like they are more dependent on LLMs to do coding.
1st round : Coding
2nd round : java
3rd round : design
Interviewing for a Staff Engineer role at Bengaluru center focuses on distributed systems, Identity & Access Management (IAM), and practical coding/architecture. Expect 4-5 rounds: a technical screening, a system design round, a specialized IAM/domain deep-dive, a coding/data-handling exercise, and a hiring manager/bar-raiser discussion.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
System design about api and microservices for multiple query
I applied online. I interviewed at Juniper Networks
Interview
Interview process was somewhat disorganized. The interview, which was initially described as a one-on-one, turned into a panel without prior notice.
There also seemed to be a mismatch between the job description and the topics discussed during the interview.
During the discussion, I was asked multiple times to go into details about my previous work that I was not able to share due to NDA constraints. I clarified this, but similar questions were repeated in different forms, which made the conversation a bit challenging.
Overall, I would recommend better alignment between the hiring team and clearer expectations during the interview process.
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