I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Sphere 3D (Mississauga, ON) in Dec 2013
Interview
A recruiter screened and setup 2 in person interviews with the company, 1 interview with the technical manager and another one with executive members. They asked me about background , experiences, skills in general. No tough questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you list MATLAB in your resume, when did you use it?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sphere 3D (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2016
Interview
I was contacted by Sphere 3D's third party recruiter via LinkedIn, and we began email correspondence which lead to a phone screen with the recruiter. The call went well, the recruiter knew the business and industry well and did a great job selling the company (I was not sold based on their website, job description, and Glassdoor reviews). After sending over some writing samples, I was then set-up with an onsite interview with the Vice President, Corporate Programs and Communications, the position's manager. On-site was casual, as stated it would be, a meeting to get a sense of each other before moving onward. The VP was very professional, warm and enthusiastic about finding the right fit. Based on my skills, I believe I was a great fit for the job. Culture wise, we may have been a bit off. I come from a long line of start-up technology companies; Sphere definitely gave me a dispersed corporate feel. Overall, the process was relatively quick in comparison to other interviews and very straight forward in regards to expectations. And although I was not offered a position, I still left with a positive feeling towards those I interacted with.
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Question 1
There were a lot of questions that pertained to how they would move their business forward from a PR perspective; respecting their privacy, I will not divulge.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sphere 3D (San Jose, CA)
Interview
First a phone interview- regular stuff/questions. Spoke to hiring manager, Product Mgr., Inside Sales, HR dept, CEO and SVP of Sales. Phone part went smooth. In person interview was very disorgainzed and a little confusing.
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Question 1
What is your technical aptitude on storage, virtualization and software (they related they wanted highly technical sales team because they could not {would not...?} afford pre-sale technical resources