I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Meraki in Mar 2013
Interview
I was contacted via Linkedin by a recruiter who requested my resume. The recruiter liked my resume and we set up a time for me to come in for an interview. Once I arrived at their offices I had to wait 15 minutes past the beginning of my scheduled interview time before anyone came to talk to me. My first interview was a technical interview, not a general interview as had been discussed by the recruiter. The interviewer had not been told that he was interviewing me and had not even seen my resume until he sat down to talk to me. He was through on his questions and was very pleasant to talk to. We were interrupted before completely finishing by his boss who was supposed to do the general interview. Very few questions were asked about me in the general interview and the interviewer seemed more interested in getting the conversation over with. After the very short general interview I was rushed out with little courtesy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You must know layer 2 and 3 of the OSI model thoroughly.
I do not mind doing extensive technical interviews including scenarios. Using the cisco lab tool to simulate network issues was fine. What i do not like is being bullied on an interview. The interviewer was too pushy, and I got the impression he was there aiming to proof me wrong. He was enjoying it.
If he let me explained my angle we would arrive to the same conclusion.
Waste of time, and energy.
Please train better the interviewers
Long and intense. Unfortunately, the person conducting my last technical interview was new to the team (a senior colleague was shadowing him). He did not behave professionally. The senior colleague apologizes at some point in the interview for the attitude of his peer.
I declined to forward in the hiring process, once they invited me to meet them at their office (last step in the hiring process).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
CCNA questions
Cisco Lab with specific scenarios aiming to provide good understanding on L2/L3 and troubleshooting skills
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Meraki (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2021
Interview
I got a call from a recruiter for 10'. He asked me about my experience. He call me the next day to set up a technical interview with the Supervisor. The interview took 1h. It was based on troubleshooting scenarios. I got an offer one week after the interview.