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      Engineer Interview

      6 Mar 2012
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Alexandria, VA
      Declined offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at The Motley Fool (Alexandria, VA) in Feb 2012

      Interview

      Was contacted by a friendly HR rep via a phone call who discussed the position as well as reviewed my resume. The HR rep then arranged a phone interview with 3 coworkers. The phone interview was about 30 minutes with 3 people who pretty much asked what I do currently. I was then called back for an in person interview as I was to be interviewed by at least 7 coworkers who met with me in 3 small groups. The staff was friendly. One problem with this multiple group interview format was that I was asked to talk about my resume 3 different times, which got a bit repetitive. I would have expected the staff members to review my resume beforehand as they all had a copy with them. Various staff members seemed to question why I have a MBA, but work in a technical area of IT. Being that Motley Fool's IT shop is definitely a lot smaller than the IT departments at my current or previous employers, some interviewees seemed to be shocked that larger IT shops have separate teams that perform various specific functions, such as a team for networking, a team for Exchange, a team for servers, etc. I was asked the basic book questions such as what is RAID, NAS, SAN, etc. Book smarts were tested, but skills were never tested.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why are you looking for a job when you seem to have a great job at a large Fortune 500 company?
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