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      Engineering Manager Interview

      24 June 2012
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Austin, TX
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Dell Technologies (Austin, TX) in June 2008

      Interview

      I arrived early and, in spite of my comment it was a mistake, was swept into a cattle call group and skills-tested in an unrelated area. I was told I didn't pass their test and sent home. An hour later I received a call that this was a mistake and that group was testing for assembly line work, and asked to come back. After some thought, I made the 30 minute drive back and was interviewed by two men. One was amiable but the other had delusions of grandeur. Aside from the relevant questions, he asked things such as "We are Dell, why should we give you a chance." Given this fellow's first name was not Michael my answer was literal: "The company, not you, is giving me a chance just as I am giving he company a chance. After all, taking a job here means not taking a job elsewhere." After a short stunned silence I essentially called the encounter to an end and left. The amiable fellow seemed to 'get it' and was amused. I shook his hand and wished him well, but ignored the other guy.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Essentially a behavioral interview with unrelated comments and questions thrown in to "show who has the upper hand here".
      Answer question
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