I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Ciena (Hanover, MD) in Mar 2016
Interview
I was contacted by HR about my application and confirming all the details on my resume. HR then passed my resume on for the technical interview and they made a phone interview appointment with the team manger. In the technical phone interview, we reviewed my resume, asked about company history, past experience, and talk about position description / benefits.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What is dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM)?
I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Ciena (Spokane, WA) in May 2016
Interview
3 1 hour interviews. Asked basic C coding questions as well as touched on networking and operating system basics. Very friendly and conversational, nothing too hard. Look for problem solving and helped you through the problem if needed. Each 1 hour interview segment consisted of 2 employees that you would be working with.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write C function to perform operations on a string.