I'm giving this interview a negitive review because of the complexitiy of the product install. But the people are very nice and helpful during the process, but it is difficult.
The process started with a phone screen by the recruiter. She asked the general technical questions and some depth of experience based questions. Why was I looking, what was I looking for. The normal basic stuff. She was polite and friendly and seemed genuinely interested in my application to the company. The next step was a phone screening with the Director of Field Services, this was a challenge. He was very detailed and looked for some very in depth answers. Based on the company’s products and services, it is not surprising he spent a good deal of time on the nuances of how encryption and password security works. In the end, while very challenging his goal was to not only determine my knowledge but how I think on my feet and if I could think reasonably about the topic. Could I apply logic from one area to another that I was more comfortable with.
Having passed that, the next step was to build an installation of the company’s flagship product in a virtual environment. I was given a temp license, the install packages, the documentation and some goals. I was given 10 days to take a laptop install a server OS, create VM’s of various types and then demonstrate the use of the product. It was by far the most difficult interview process I have ever encountered.