ECI Systems Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 12 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at ECI.
ECI
Senior Systems Engineer
Senior Difficult Negative experience Decline offer 6 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Onsite Presentation Offer
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral Case Presentation Group
Started with a recruiter call from a nice agent who advertised the role. Then, a screening interview with someone in NYC to go over the role and ask some technical pre-screening questions. They also emphasized the 9.5-hour minimum workday. After passing, I had a second technical interview with an engineer in London. This involved many technical questions that only required one-word answers, which felt a bit rehearsed. I passed this and moved to a physical interview at a slightly run-down office. After waiting in reception, I met two account managers, a senior technical person, four techies, and the account managers' boss. The technical folks seemed arrogant and uninterested, possibly part of a good cop/bad cop dynamic. This lengthy interview lasted 3.5 hours, and I had to repeat answers as people swapped out. There were also role-playing scenarios meant to simulate dealing with agitated customers. I passed this stage too. The final stage was a 30-45 minute meeting with a director to discuss my overall fit and what I could contribute.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Role plays with an annoyed customer scenario where there's no right answer or way to appease them.
ECI
Systems Engineer
Entry Average Positive experience Accept offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Offer
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
The interview process was great. They asked basic questions to verify my experience and I got an offer really fast, within 45 minutes of my interview. My advice is to just be yourself.
Confirmed questions0 questions
No confirmed questions were included in this interview report.
ECI
Systems Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral System Design
So, this interview was like 3.5 stages. It started with HR finding me on Monster.com, calling me up, and giving me the rundown on the company and the role. Then, there were about 10 technical questions, which I think were just to see if we were a good fit. The first real interview was a phone call with a senior engineer. They hit me with around 50 questions, covering Windows and Networking stuff, and it lasted about 25 minutes. The second interview was in person with some team leads. They asked me situational questions, like 'What do you do if X happens and you're busy with Y?' or 'Something broke, and you're not sure why, what's your approach?' The third interview was with a higher-up technical person. They threw an impossible scenario at me, probably to gauge how I'd perform under pressure. They also asked me to pick my weakest area from my resume and then drilled me on that.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Could you demonstrate how you would troubleshoot a specific issue by writing it out on paper?
ECI Systems Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from ECI interview reports.
“Can you explain how to generate a keystring using PuTTY?”
Read reports →“What are the 5 FSMO roles?”
Read reports →“Can you explain the difference between a layer two and a layer three switch?”
Read reports →“Are you a pirate or Nina?”
Read reports →“What would you do if you were in the server room and accidentally cut the power to a rack?”
Read report →“Could you describe how you would configure DFS replication between two distant offices?”
Read report →“What are your reasons for not wanting to work on the helpdesk?”
Read report →“Could you demonstrate how you would troubleshoot a specific issue by writing it out on paper?”
Read report →“Can you describe your most challenging role?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 12 ECI interview reports.