I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at VMware in Apr 2023
Difficult interview
Application
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at VMware
Interview
The interview process at VMWare is arduous but thorough. For me, it was a total of 9 individual interviews...some in person at the office and others over the phone with key stakeholders. They asked me many questions about my experience off of my resume, but also some situational questions pertinent to the job I was applying for at the time. I talked with everyone from Individual contributors to managers to Directors and VP's before the approval was given to hire.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to build your brand and overcome objections at the same time. How did you do it and what did you do?
The interview process consisted of 5 rounds of interviews, including a panel interview. The whole process took just over a month from initial response to decision on the role. Everyone I spoke with was friendly and expectations/process was very clear.
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Question 1
Tell me about your processes for measuring campaign success.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at VMware (Palo Alto, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
30 minute HR screening via phone
1 hour hiring manager interview via phone - personality/situational, experience questions
3-4 hours of follow-up interviews via phone - personality/situational, experience questions
2 hours of 'final round interviews' via phone - personality/situational, experience questions
Flew out to HQ to 'meet the team' - by this point, I felt confident that things were close to final and I was pretty much accepted after spending 9 hours interviewing plus 1.5 days traveling.
Did not receive an offer but was told they wanted to find another role better suited for me.
2 hours of interviews for new role via phone (they tried to minimize interview cycle after acknowledging how much I had already interviewed, especially as it was in the same org)
Did not receive an offer in favor of an internal candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If we were to ask your colleagues what they like (and dislike) most about working with you, what would they say?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at VMware (Palo Alto, CA) in May 2015
Interview
The employee was the first point of contact and he asked me a list of questions. Then the first call was with the recruiter, followed by a phone call with the hiring manager. That went very well so I was scheduled by the internal recruiting team for several in-person half-hour each interviews on site.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Culture fit questions were high on their list. Situations and scenarios. Some skills set questions.
