I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at VMware (Cork) in Apr 2015
Interview
There were 3 interviews
A screening telephone interview with recruitment manager - 30 minutes
Telephone interview with hiring manager and another manager - 1 hour
Face to face interview with hiring Manager and colleague - 1 hour
I was told that I would receive feedback 4 days after the last interview which I did and thankfully I was successful for the role.
There were another 2-3 weeks before starting the role. Contract exchange, Security, background checks and reference checks were completed by an external vetting company and on the week I started, there was a medical
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q1. What did I have to offer over an internal candidate
Q2. How do I handle stress
Q3. Give examples of where I have had the challenge of influencing another team's performance
At the outset it was a pretty straight forward and positive experienced process and I was been kept informed of the progress at every stage of the interview.
Considering this was Mid-Snr Level Sales related interview it did involve w couple of interview rounds as outlined below :
1. Basic qualification discussion with recruiter (VMware direct) - 15 mins
2. First basic technical round, generic Infra technologies. - 35mins
3. Second technical Round with a VMware Data Centre Architect, quite technical. - 2hrs
4. Third techno-managerial round with focus on past experience in sales and overall management - 1.5hrs
5. Fourth business and Management round - 1 hr
6. Final round with the business head, expectations and all (only if you clear all of the above) - 1hr
7. HR and Salary discussion - 30mins
However, all in all it took about 3months for me to get the final offer
I applied in-person. I interviewed at VMware in Jan 2015
Interview
I was first contacted by rescruiter on linkedIn. Had an initial phone converstion after which I was asked to do online test and then come onsite for the interview. There was in person interview with 5 rounds. There were few minutes break during the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing unexpected. Very easy data structure and algorithms. No system programming or operating system questions were asked. One design interview question was asked.