Commvault Application Support Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Commvault.
Commvault
Support Engineer
Entry Easy Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
I had two people interview me and they asked general questions about my experiences with backup and recovery procedures for Lotus Notes. They also asked about my experience levels with MS Exchange 2003, Active Directory, and Group Policy objects. Questions came up regarding transactional logging of Lotus Notes backups, and the difference between full, incremental, and differential backups. We also discussed general job duties. A face-to-face interview is set up to continue.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you explain how to deploy an MSI package using group policy on a 2003 server Active Directory Services?
- What is transactional logging for Lotus Notes databases and what's the difference between full and incremental backups?
Commvault
Customer Support Engineer
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Background check
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
I was contacted by a recruitment consultant who asked me a few technical questions about Windows, Networking, SAN Storage, and VMWare, and also asked for a brief on my prior experience. Following that, I had a face-to-face interview with the agency. This interview was mostly a detailed discussion about my work history, and it included more basic technical questions that built upon the phone conversation. I also had to fill out a form for CommVault with technical and four behavioral questions related to CommVault's values, asking for past examples that demonstrated efficiency. The CommVault team reviewed this form, and after about 3-4 days, the consultant informed me that a technical phone screen interview would be scheduled. This was a deep dive into my areas of expertise and went pretty well. My advice to candidates is to thoroughly understand all the technologies they work with, like RAID comparisons, VMWare snapshots, and CPU Architectures. A week after that, the consultant called to say I wasn't selected because I lacked sufficient Windows expertise, which was accurate as I'm a Unix system admin. Best of luck to everyone else!
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Given my limited experience with Windows, could you explain the steps to promote a server to a domain controller?
- Could you detail the process of promoting a server to a domain controller?
- What are the steps involved in making a server a domain controller?
Commvault
Customer Support Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Phone screen Technical screen Onsite Panel Group Presentation Offer
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral Presentation Group
It was a really great process! We started with a phone interview, which is super convenient if you're already working. Then there was an in-person interview with a team lead and a senior engineer. The last step was a final chat with the support manager for APAC, where we actually played ping pong and just casually talked about the job and my experience. It really gave a good feel for the company culture at Commvault! Super happy I got the offer and I'm really enjoying it here so far!
Confirmed questions4 questions
- How deep is your technical knowledge?
- Tell me more about your background.
- What are your career aspirations?
Commvault Application Support Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Commvault interview reports.
“What is transactional logging for Lotus Notes databases and what's the difference between full and incremental backups?”
Read reports →“What are the steps involved in making a server a domain controller?”
Read reports →“Can you list the five FSMO roles and specify which are domain-level and which are forest-level?”
Read reports →“Can you explain DNS in simple terms, like you would to a child?”
Read reports →“Can you explain how to deploy an MSI package using group policy on a 2003 server Active Directory Services?”
Read report →“Given my limited experience with Windows, could you explain the steps to promote a server to a domain controller?”
Read report →“Can you list the RAID types you're familiar with and explain their key differences?”
Read report →“Could you explain DAGs, their functionality, and how one would go about supporting them?”
Read report →“Could you explain DAS, NAS, and SAN, and provide an example of a successful implementation for each?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 10 Commvault interview reports.