I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Adobe (Moldova)
Interview
Hiring process is a bit slow, which is probably usual thing for big companies.
Most challenging part of technical interview was related to low-level db transaction processing, java threading and concurrent issues for clustered environments.
As I understood, algorithmic question quite necessary to answer, they just wanted to see how will I try several approaches/evaluate them.
Overall, Id say guys were quite friendly and supportive .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How Id check if single-linked list would end with a cycle.
I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Adobe (San Jose, CA)
Interview
Plan on having numerous interviews. Decision is based on consensus which may prolong the process due to analysis paralysis. Expect long pauses in communication to let you know where you stand. Just because you get an offer, doesn't mean you get the job. There have been times when the offer was rescinded due to a hiring freeze imposed between the time you accepted the offer and your start date.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Be prepared to say what your role was and your actually contribution, not just what "we" did. Plan on being asked how you deal with ambiguity when given a task. Expect to know how to navigate through the silos to get tasks done. Be prepared to give examples of this from previous jobs.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Adobe (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2013
Interview
They contacted me. Phone interviews with several managers and director. Job and salary seemed to be good. I then was asked to travel for face to face interviews - about 7 on the interview day.
Received offer following week. But salary the job scope was different than first discussed on phone.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Very standard questions - skills, experience. Director seemed pre-occupied with other thoughts during the interview.