I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at VMware in Jan 2014
Interview
Long and comprehensive interview. For a recent graduate from college, prepare to dig deep in your theoretical knowledge on computing, engineering, algorithms, software languages (both script and compile). They hire the best, and they want to make sure you qualify and can keep up with the rest.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was given several "find best algorithm" of a given scenario. In this case, it was to create a random number generator of seven numbers recursively buy only using a random number generator of 5 numbers.
ask some question about system debug and profiling, just do some coding for stack and a tree browser logic. Not very hard, take easy and get the position. the interviewer is quite nice and do not take a long time. This company choose people carefully.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at VMware in Oct 2014
Interview
It is a On campus interview. At first I take the online quiz on the Hackerrank.com. Then they managed a interview in the campus. The interviewer can not write code, only ask me a puzzle. And then ask me about the resume. The whole interview last about 30 minutes. And a week later, I get the result.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given 25 horses, and 5 tracks. Only at most 5 horses can be in one round's match. Ask at least how many rounds to get the three most fast horses.