I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Supermicro) (San Jose, CA)
Interview
1. You need to fill a big form about your background. It took me 15 mins to finish it.
2. In my case, it was not 1 on 1.
3. I didn't think the managers knew what type of candidates they were looking for. They told me that I didn't have the background they required and I was not a good fit for the position. However, I still got the chance for the 2nd interview.
4. The atmosphere was fine. They were friendly. However, they were kinda not flexible. They wanted to hear the specific and exact one-word or two-word answers and couldn't accept my answers explained with several sentences.
5. The managers need to be trained by HR. I was asked "how did you get your green card?", which was not an appropriate question at interview.
6. The interview was interrupted and ended by another meeting booked at the next time slot even though I felt the interview was not really finished. (At least I still had some questions wanna ask).
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
"When ....... (a situation) happens, what can you do to solve it? Let me give you a hint. The answer has 2 words!"
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Supermicro) (San Jose, CA) in Sep 2015
Interview
I got the phone call from the the Operation Department to ask some of my information, including my career interest, my working visa status, my past working experience. Then I got the onsite interview three days later.
On Site Interview:
There are two interviewer holding the interview. The first one is the team leader. He ask me some question about my knowledge about program manager and past working experience related to the program manager field. Thereafter, he ask about my career path interest. I was a engineering background person. and whether do I like the program manager job.
The Second one is the Operation Department leader, he just come here for chatting. He asked me to do the self introduction. After that, we are discuss on how long I can work on this job. Will I stable on this position or apt to change the job very soon. We also talked about the visa issue and the H1b and green card status.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Supermicro) (San Jose, CA)
Interview
An internal contact set me up for the interview. The first interview was fairly low key around technical content and personal interaction. It was somewhat challenging to sustain the conversation, English is obviously not their first language. But I managed to get the points through.
Second interview with higher level management went south right off the bat. Lots and lots technical details to the point of trivial, like the pin layout on Intel Ivy CPU. To make it worse, more personal questions on family status, parents kids wife and more. WTF? I am very familiar with this level of scrutiny when I applied for government clearance sitting in front of FBI agents , not at a commercial company.
Interview was concluded by a casual remark, "we work really hard here. do you"?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Inappropriate personal questions. They really expected you to answer them fully. I should make money by filing a EEOC complaint.