I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Calix (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2012
Interview
Went in for an interview and talked to many different guys and was presented the technology...etc. Pretty casual conversation with a little technical flavor in it.
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.
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.
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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