I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at MicroStrategy (Washington, DC) in Mar 2013
Interview
Application submitted in university hiring website. Got one behavior interview via phone and one technical interview with 4 interviewers, with most brain teaser questions. Sometime will ask programming basics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how to survive at sea when your ship crashes given a set of tools
In my onsite interview, the first three interviewers are very nice, when come to the fourth people, I was told he/she was a director and the last interview was the most important one. However finally I was told that the director scheduled before was not available and some people else would instead him. When the forth people came, she just brought a phone and a charger, without pen, paper. She asked me to give her my resume and asked me who do I known in her company. Then gave me two brain teasers then continued to using phone.....
I interviewed at MicroStrategy (Tysons Corner, VA)
Interview
1 or 2 phone screens with hiring managers (or team member) and 1 onsite meeting with many interviewers. The phone screen interview is about 30 mins. The onsite is 30 mins per interviewer.
HR is cool, on campus initial interviews are main but not only way of getting in... On-site Technology interviews are challenging as they hire only very astute candidates. Significant value placed on analytical thinking and 'brain teaser / algorithm' type questions - communication is important but not as big a focus as elsewhere.
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