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The questions were very similar to what has been already posted. On-site: Who is your role model? Why do you want to work for a software company? Tell me about a time that you had to do something in a short period of time. What is an IP address? What is virtual memory. .... No brain teasers asked.
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Customer Support Engineer

Interviewed at OSIsoft

4.2
Aug 4, 2015

The questions were very similar to what has been already posted. On-site: Who is your role model? Why do you want to work for a software company? Tell me about a time that you had to do something in a short period of time. What is an IP address? What is virtual memory. .... No brain teasers asked.

The technical questions asked during the phone interview related to databases, networking and analytics. Some questions were: what is a field? what is a column? what is aggregate data? when do you use the Group By clause? What is a cube? What is active directory? describe how a proxy works? what is kerberos and what port does it use? how can you check all the open connections on a machine? what is average and what is median? what are dimensions and metrics? etc During the onsite interview I was given 3 scenarios to troubleshoot (an error when installing a desktop programme; hostname couldn't be resolved by a browser; database error). I could ask questions and I was supposed to talk them through my thinking process while trying to find a solution. None of the problems were particularly difficult - you just need to know the basics of managing desktop applications (Run a program as administrator, pull up Task manager to shut down a process etc), the basics of networking (how to find DNS server settings) and the basics of databases + 3 tier web architecture for the 3rd task. After the technical questions there were lots of standard interview questions like: tell us about yourself, why did you apply, what are your strengths and weaknesses, give an example of great customer service you provided, give an example of great customer service you received, give an example of a disagreement you had with a colleague and how you handled it, give an example of something you improved in your current job, how do you see yourself in 5 years and many others. The onsite interview went on for full 3 hours...
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Customer Support Engineer

Interviewed at Tableau Software

3.8
Feb 27, 2016

The technical questions asked during the phone interview related to databases, networking and analytics. Some questions were: what is a field? what is a column? what is aggregate data? when do you use the Group By clause? What is a cube? What is active directory? describe how a proxy works? what is kerberos and what port does it use? how can you check all the open connections on a machine? what is average and what is median? what are dimensions and metrics? etc During the onsite interview I was given 3 scenarios to troubleshoot (an error when installing a desktop programme; hostname couldn't be resolved by a browser; database error). I could ask questions and I was supposed to talk them through my thinking process while trying to find a solution. None of the problems were particularly difficult - you just need to know the basics of managing desktop applications (Run a program as administrator, pull up Task manager to shut down a process etc), the basics of networking (how to find DNS server settings) and the basics of databases + 3 tier web architecture for the 3rd task. After the technical questions there were lots of standard interview questions like: tell us about yourself, why did you apply, what are your strengths and weaknesses, give an example of great customer service you provided, give an example of great customer service you received, give an example of a disagreement you had with a colleague and how you handled it, give an example of something you improved in your current job, how do you see yourself in 5 years and many others. The onsite interview went on for full 3 hours...

How many golfballs can you fit in a school bus? Write a program to solve for the square root of a number? If you're on a boat in a pool with a rock in the boat, and you throw the rock over and into the pool water, does the water level rise or lower?
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Customer Support Engineer

Interviewed at OSIsoft

4.2
Dec 14, 2016

How many golfballs can you fit in a school bus? Write a program to solve for the square root of a number? If you're on a boat in a pool with a rock in the boat, and you throw the rock over and into the pool water, does the water level rise or lower?

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