Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Xtera as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer II and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Software Engineer II and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Xtera takes an average of 3 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Engineer II had the quickest hiring process (on average 3 days), whereas Software Engineer II roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 3 days).
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I applied through university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Xtera in May 2024
Interview
Normal pace with typical questions about where you see your self in one to five years and what you feel like your best traits are as a person and as a contributor, or situations in which you had to exercise an iota of judgement or human empathy while keeping the best interests of capital at heart
I applied through university. I interviewed at Xtera (Allen, TX) in May 2015
Interview
Was found through university job board profile. I was called and interviewed by the end of the week, the process took one day. First HR interview, then a series of engineers. Warning, one will talk your ear off!! I was called later in the week with an offer.
I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Xtera (Dallas, TX) in Nov 2015
Interview
There was a telephone screening at first. After that, they invited me on-site and had 5 rounds of face-to-face interviews by different senior engineers and managers. One of the engineers even showed me around their research lab. After a week, they offered me an internship.
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Question 1
What projects did you work on? What was the most difficult part? How did you tackle problems?