Lengthy Process, but it was due to the Cisco buyout and covid pandemic. Overall the process is satisfying and showed me how much I can pick up along the way just by researching solutions. I will champion this company from the outside as they have an amazing product.
Interview Process:
- Submitted resume via Glassdoor
- Received email from hiring manager, was asked to take an online assessment. Most of the questions pertained to BGP, VOIP SIP and other network technologies.
- Hiring manager scheduled a meeting, was asked basic questions as to why I'm interested in the role.
- Was given the famous homework, I was given two weeks however the hiring manager is very flexible and gave me an additional week to complete. Part of the famous homework is that they want you to explain what their product is doing at a packet level. In order to achieve this, I spun up a linux server on the cloud and took a packet capture. I was asked to give a presentation on a technology which I work on day to day. I created a SIP voice test and presented this to the team.
- A video meeting was scheduled so I can present my homework assignment to entire Professional Services team.
Cisco buyout hits the wire, hiring freeze occurs.
- Hiring manager contacts me to see if I'm still interested and explains the remaining process. Pre-covid candidates will be flown out to HQ to have a full day interview followed by a presentation. Due to pandemic, the rest of the process will continue via video conferences.
- 6 more interviews, 2 with management, 1 technical interview and the rest with professional services team members. Prior to the interviews, the hiring manager gave me a final assignment. I was provided customer scenario, I had to implement a solution and demonstrate to ThousandEyes employees as if they are the customer. The presentation was done after 2 days of interviews, I did good enough to receive an offer a week later.