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      Lead Web Developer Interview

      23 Feb 2015
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at NETGEAR (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2015

      Interview

      Well, I applied for a Web Developer role, but they were impressed with my background and experience so they suggested the Lead Web Developer position; since they are using an enterprise WCM platform. I know from experience that there is a shortage of WCM experts for this specific platform (that I will not name), so I was surprised that they were leveraging this product but made no mention of it in the job description. I was very pleased to find that I was a better fit than expected and I believe the feeling was mutual which is why the phone screen and interview took less than two weeks to schedule. They were anxious to get me in for an interview, but unfortunately I was extremely disappointed from the very moment I walked into their headquarters in San Jose. I will only preface my comments by stating that I was going to refrain from putting up any post on, because I do not want it to be misinterpreted; but I feel others should know what to expect. Furthermore, I think management needs to realize what is going on and Silicon Valley as a whole, because there is obviously a problem and it only drives people, like me, away from working at certain companies. Unfortunately, this is not going to sound "politically correct" but from the moment I walked in everyone I saw was of asian descent and this literally screamed at me. Please understand that I am hispanic/latino and I am used to being in an environment where "disenfranchised minorities" (black and latino) are underrepresented, but this seemed highly irregular. Initially, I thought it was just my paranoia because I was in the main entrance and maybe it was just random coincidence that everyone walking in and out was asian. Then interviewer #1 (asian) came to get me and walked me onto the first floor to the meeting areas, where I purposely looked around the floor to get an idea of the environment. From what I could see, the entire first floor was staffed with employees of asian descent. I tried to dismiss it, but then interviewer #2 (asian) came to greet me and proceeded with his interview. Then interviewer #3 (asian) came to greet me and proceeded with his interview. The interviews are a different matter, but I just wanted to make clear that I had a problem with the lack of diversity I witnessed and in some ways it affected my enthusiasm during the interviews. I did not meet with ANYONE from the moment I arrived until the moment I left that was not of asian descent and the only person I actually saw that was of any other ethnicity was the security guard, who was black. I just think others should know and possibly wake up management to the problem I see as a prospective employee, because it was not very welcoming and the interviews only made it worse. So aside from the lack of diversity, I found the interviews to be confrontational. I was being wooed, recruited, and pursued over the phone and email; but once I was in the room I felt like I was being interrogated. They seemed to question whether or not I actually knew the material and the only interview that went cordial was with interviewer #1, but that is usually "fluff" so interviewer #2 and #3 were the problem. I could tell that they are having problems with their WCM implementation, because they made it all so clear during the interview which turned the interview more of a confrontation and knowledge transfer. They were not asking me to whiteboard ideas to demonstrate knowledge, but they were asking me to whiteboard solutions to their specific problems. I can tell when someone is trying to get free knowledge transfer versus testing my capability, but I went along and answered their questions without getting too specific. I genuinely do not know their setup, but I could see them taking notes and asking me to clarify items which they should already know, so in some ways I thought they really do need me. They obviously have problems with the implementation and I saw some of the other candidates in the other rooms, which ironically enough were also all asian, so they have a management problem as well as a technical problem. I already knew they would not hire me, because interviewer #2 was extremely rude and would cut me off in mid-sentence and begin to request more technical details. There is only so much I can draw on a whiteboard because a WCM platform is not about coding, but actually knowing the product so they are trapped into believing they can code their way out of a problem. The entire process was civil on my part; but probably the most insulting, the most hilarious part was when interviewer #3 was walking me out and actually asked me if I ever considered doing contract work. I was flabbergasted and simply shared how I worked as a contractor before, but I was looking for something permanent. I think we both agreed that we were not a good fit for each other. ***** Glassdoor seems to have a problem with generic job titles, so interviewer substituted.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      So how do you implement workflow?
      3 Answers
      2

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