I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Informatica (Redwood City, CA) in Nov 2013
Interview
Was contacted by a recruiter. Guided me through the interview process. Generally for an entry level position, you expect to have 2 phone interviews followed by an onsite call. I had to go through about 4 interviews before going onsite.
They got me onsite and had a standard 6 round interview. Starting with 3-4 technical rounds with the team members and the last few with the Director and VP of the department.
Interviewers were pretty cool and worked around my strengths and matched them to the requirements of the position.
Entire process took about 6 weeks starting from the recruiters call to the final onsite. Shouldn't have taken this long but the delay was partially because of a tight schedule at my end and unavailability of interviewers due to their busy calenders.
The trip was all paid for. Including all airport transfers, accommodation, meals (no cap on how much you can spend).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were based on my strengths which was Java. But it tested your overall skills and knowledge of all the basic technologies. Included questions and problems on Java, OS details, Networking, Servers, Databases, RDBMS Theory, Designing, Troubleshooting, Case Studies and possibly everything you can think of. The interviews also got a bit of background on my projects and courses.
I applied online. I interviewed at Informatica (Bengaluru) in Apr 2025
Interview
Got GHOSTED after 5 rounds of interviews.
Screening round -> Technical 1, Technical 2, Technical+Manager round 3 -> Telephonic Interview.
All rounds consist of technical questions with more stress on technical capabilities in Technical and Screening rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why are you asking for XYZ Salary? This question was asked in 4 out of 5 rounds.
Spoke with HR, followed by 2 rounds of technical interviews with medium difficulty of 45 minutes each, then met with HM for about an hour, and Director for another 30 minutes.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Informatica (Coimbatore)
Interview
Six rounds of interviews. Question from computer science domains like Networking, Data structures, mainly database management system, sql , java core concepts as i mentioned in my resume and logical puzzles. Your communication is most important. Final HR interview was quite different and it test your patience