Principal Systems Engineer Interview Questions

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I was asked a combination of behavioral and technical questions, mostly about my experience handling incidents during on-call rotations, ability to collaborate with colleagues (I gave them stack of recommendations from managers and peers that I reprinted from my LinkedIn profile), and some hypothetical situations. I felt the technical screen and onsite interview itself was fair and respectful. However, the lack of followup by the recruiter after the onsite interview - given the time I devoted to preparing for and participating in the interviews - does not speak well for Nuance, and was a warning sign as to what I might expect had I been offered a position with them and accepted it. If they do not show a candidate respect by sending even a rejection form letter once they have made their decision, I have to wonder how they treat their people once hired.
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Principal Systems Engineer

Interviewed at Nuance

4
May 10, 2018

I was asked a combination of behavioral and technical questions, mostly about my experience handling incidents during on-call rotations, ability to collaborate with colleagues (I gave them stack of recommendations from managers and peers that I reprinted from my LinkedIn profile), and some hypothetical situations. I felt the technical screen and onsite interview itself was fair and respectful. However, the lack of followup by the recruiter after the onsite interview - given the time I devoted to preparing for and participating in the interviews - does not speak well for Nuance, and was a warning sign as to what I might expect had I been offered a position with them and accepted it. If they do not show a candidate respect by sending even a rejection form letter once they have made their decision, I have to wonder how they treat their people once hired.

We just talked about my resume. They asked me to give an example of which features to use in order to detect tanks in SAR images. They just want to know if you had some pre knowledge. 99% of time it was just chatting. I was asked about experience on my resume, my hobbies, why I want to move from the east coast to the west, etc.
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Principal Systems Engineer

Interviewed at RTX

3.8
Aug 15, 2014

We just talked about my resume. They asked me to give an example of which features to use in order to detect tanks in SAR images. They just want to know if you had some pre knowledge. 99% of time it was just chatting. I was asked about experience on my resume, my hobbies, why I want to move from the east coast to the west, etc.

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