Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Altera with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Altera overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Altera as a Senior Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
Group panel interview: 25%
One on one interview: 13%
Background check: 13%
Skills test: 13%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Altera (Toronto, ON)
Interview
The interview was split into five 30 minute separate 1-on-1 interviews with managers or supervisors from different parts of the company. I was asked mostly technical questions, which ranged from being quite detailed (write some code to implement some algorithm) to being quite broad. There were no trick questions and no trivia questions. Everyone was very polite and nice.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Altera (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2016
Interview
Met with 5 individuals from the company, including managers and coworkers.
The hiring manager interview consisted of bringing me up to speed on the company and the role, and reviewing my experience.
Interviews with other managers and coworkers dug into much greater detail examining every corner of my resume for relevant experience, and testing my skills with problem-solving questions relevant to the position.
The people were friendly, the atmosphere was comfortable, and the questions were a bit challenging. I enjoyed the interview, but I would imagine an interview like this could be stressful if you didn't actually have sufficient relevant experience.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Altera (San Jose, CA) in Jul 2010
Interview
Applied online, received a call from the hiring manager a few days later. Spoke w/ the hiring manager for a quick phone screen and we determined that I probably wouldn't be a good fit for the company. The challenges of working on the team sounded interesting, but I didn’t have the proper background for it. The interviewer was more interested in my college coursework and my choice in text editors than what I’ve done professionally. This felt a little short sighted, but it’s where the interview went for most of the time. My impression of the company is that it sounds like a typical large scale engineering business with lots of layers and lots of process.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
How would you recursively count the leaves on a binary tree?