Most unexpected: asking for my high school & college GPA during the interview, and my SAT score on the job application.
Technical Specialist Interview Questions
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Interesting question: Take a table backup using a query in MySQL.
What do you plan to leave behind as your legacy?
How would you deal with an irate customer?
Recruiter asked for my salary range and I said I was open. He didn't like what I was making in the San Francisco area however.
Name a difficult situation that you were in where you had to use your commercial knowledge as well as your technical expertise.
HR Interviewer is very knowledgeable of the industry and knows the who's who in the field but all are Americans. He doesn't know where the best technical writers are produced (school or firm). Line of questioning from the start was salary negotiations, which is good as it cuts to the chase but at the same time reduced the entire process into a haggling fest.
Personality traits
As a former employee of the company, I had a lot of 'why do you want to come back to Altera?' and 'do you plan to leave again?',
There were no (super) difficult or unexpected questions.
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