SimpliVity Interview Questions
& Process

So the interview process was a four-part thing. First up was a phone interview with the regional manager. Then came an in-person meeting with the regional manager, which was actually over lunch, and we chatted about a bunch of stuff. After that, there was a phone interview with someone who might be a peer, and the final interview was with the local sales team. The phone and in-person chats were okay, but during the lunch interview, the regional manager, without asking any technical stuff, said he was worried about my technical skills. So he set up a technical interview with a potential peer. But it wasn't really technical at all – it was an hour long with maybe 3 technical questions, and I even had to correct the current solutions architect on some storage latency details. After that, communication just stopped, so I took another job. A few weeks later, the regional manager emailed saying they picked someone else but wanted to offer me a different role. I politely declined but said I was open to staying in touch. Then, more silence. The whole process would have been fine if they hadn't been so bad with communication.

After applying on the website, I was quickly contacted and invited for a series of interviews. The recruiting team was great and made scheduling really easy, being super flexible and responsive. They gave me a list of everyone I'd be meeting and for how long. I met with the Department head, Hiring manager, Recruiting Manager, three other Department leaders, and also the CEO's personal Program Management Consultant. I had exactly 30 minutes with each person, and they all discussed different parts of the team, the job, and how my experience fits the role.

So first there were 2 Phone rounds, one was with the hiring manager, it was around 45 minutes. Then another phone round with 2 engineers, that one was 1 hour 30 minutes. These phone rounds were mostly Operating Systems, Storage and C++ questions. After that, the onsite interview. That had 7 rounds in total. 4 of those were technical rounds, each lasting 1 hour. Then there was 1 HR round and 2 hiring manager rounds. The HR and hiring manager rounds were mostly behavioral questions.

The whole thing took about two weeks, which felt pretty quick. I had two days where I met with seven people from the department. I had to write a blog post and do a copy-editing test. Everyone had a different interview approach, so I had to switch up how I talked to them, which was kind of cool. A lot of what they asked was about the company and what I knew; if I hadn't looked into it beforehand, I would have been in trouble.