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Associate Systems Engineer Interview

22 Oct 2012

Anonymous employee

Petaluma, CA

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Calix (Petaluma, CA) in Sept 2009

Interview

Pretty straighforward. a Phone interview followed by quick on-site interview. Very fundamental questions. All interviewers are good.

Other Associate Systems Engineer interview reviews for Calix

Associate Systems Engineer Interview

23 Jul 2022

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Calix

Interview

Consisted of three interviews. Interviewers are really nice, but the questions weren't well thought out. They asked very basic networking questions but worded them to make them sound more advanced.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

You'll get very basic questions about routers and internet protocols.

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Associate Systems Engineer Interview

3 Oct 2018

Anonymous employee

Richardson, TX

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Associate Systems Engineer Interview

2 May 2017

Anonymous employee

Richardson, TX

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Calix (Richardson, TX) in Jul 2018

Interview

Involved in 7 rounds of interviews. The process is straight forward and easy. Every round is of 30 minutes each except one which was about 3 hours. Overall process takes about 1 to 2 months to complete.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Basic Networking L2, L3 and linux.

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Application

I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Calix (Richardson, TX) in Apr 2017

Interview

Three Steps: 1. HR Phone Screen from HQ 2. Engineer Phone Screen from office applying to 3. Video interview with 4 managers (2 at HQ, 2 at office applying to) Full interview process was on phone or video chat.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Describe DHCP, RSTP, ARP, etc. How would you go about troubleshooting a problem?

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Calix response

Thank you for your constructive feedback you provided us last year. We continue to leverage your input and the details you provided to continue to enhance our planning process and processes around talent acquisition as a whole. We know there are always process improvement opportunities and ways to make us better in the areas of talent acquisition. Thanks again!