I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Brocade in Apr 2010
Interview
Asked for my background as a Pre Sales Systems Engineer. Asked about technical knowledge, customer facing experience and presentation experience. I have a lot of experience as a Pre Sales Systems engineer, but Brocade wanted someone with more direct experience with switches and SAN networks, preferrably with thier competition.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Brocade (San Jose, CA) in Oct 2009
Interview
I was contacted by a friend that Brocade had several opportunities for a Contract Recruiter and so I went on-line and applied to the position. i received an E-mail confirmation and was contacted the next day by the hiring manager. We had a brief discussion on my background ( 45 minutes) and scheduled a time to meet the following day. I met the hiring manager, a peer, and the Staffing Director for approx, 30 minutes each. I was asked to cover past projects. number of openings that I responsible for, average time to fill those openings, etc. The questions were pretty straight forward and were well thought out.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe the Applicant Tracking System (if any) that was used in your hiring process
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Brocade (Santa Clara, CA) in Apr 2010
Interview
The interviewer is a director of audit and compliance. He is an executive. He asks just basic questions about your background and fit with the company but he values the fact that you have good communication skills and you go streight to the point. He has a british/australian accent and he speaks really fast.