I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Harmonic (San Jose, CA) in Oct 2012
Interview
Was referred to the company by a staffing agency, never even had heard of the company before that. A phone screening done by the team lead followed by a talk with an HR person and a round of one-on-one on-site interviews with prospective teammates. The process moved along fairly quickly, got the offer within a week from the initial phone screening.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Design the table structure for a database that stores classes and enrollment information for a college.
Q: You are designing a Web service that uses XML as the payload format. Objects you want to serialize / deserialize have complex structure, including collections of other objects and references to them. Describe design considerations and techniques you are going to use.
Q: (A popular riddle about lightbulbs and switches in another room)
I applied online. I interviewed at Harmonic (Beaverton, OR)
Interview
Interview was pleasant. Its your normal interview procesd with about 5 engineers and 1 HR person. Interview is about 45 minutes long.
Interview was pleasant. Its your normal interview procesd with about 5 engineers and 1 HR person. Interview is about 45 minutes long.