I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at VMware in June 2015
Interview
1. Phone Interview with Recruiter
2. Technical Interview
3. Interview with SR. TAM
4. Face to Face with SR TAM, Account Rep and Systems Engineer
I was able to create a relationship with my recruiter which really helped as the process drug on for a LONG time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical Interview:
ESX Basics
Vsphere Basics
How do you create a VM template, How do you use vMotion, What is DRS, Storage DRS. What is Vcenter, What is a Datacenter, Cluster, HA
TCP/IP Basic - Subnets, DNS, DHCP, FTP
Active Directory Basics, What are the FSMO roles, OUs,
SR TAM & Face To Face.
Experience and how it maps to role. More on the business side than technical. How you can help customers to align their business problems to VMware Solutions from a support persective. Account Management. Integration with the sales account team is a key success factor. Using consulting skills to help manage the account. Being a connector to the rest of VMware to ensure that the client is using the VMWare tools they bought to the best of their ability etc.
1. Recruiter call 2. First round with hiring manager 3. Second round with director and a member of another team The interview process was concise and efficient. VMware talent team kept me in the loop at all times.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
First interview with the hiring manager - situational/behavioral questions; what challenges I have faced, how I dealt with specific situations, and more Second interview with the director - random questions and one technical question (the director asked to do role play as a TAM member and asked how I'd handle a version update)
The first question of my second interview was more of a statement than a question. The director shared his concern about my cultural fit because of my background (from the US) and asked me how I would overcome the cultural difference. I felt the first question revealed how he judged me before the interview, and it was tough trying to turn the table.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at VMware
Interview
I had three one- hour interviews before i got offered a job, within around 2 weeks. In one I had to give a short presentation which required around half an hour of preparation in advance.
I applied online. I interviewed at VMware (Amsterdam) in Sept 2022
Interview
Applied via VMware Careers webpage and got a reply from Talent Acquisition person in 1 business week.
In the job description, only English was required (apart from technical skills) and I was asked if I speak the local language fluently.
Unfortunately, I recently moved from another country and that was a reason for rejection.
To recap:
> Don't mention the local language in the job description
> Job description itself in English (obviously)
>> Require the potential candidate to be fluent in local language by default