I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Ciena (Toronto, ON) in Feb 2018
Interview
People are really friendly and the questions are very concise and the interviewer is a subject expert. It was a one on one video interview and after the talent acquisition manager scheduled a meeting then I have to meet with the hiring manager which typically averages around 15 - 20 minutes rounds.
The interview process started with resume shortlisting, followed by a telephonic interview round. The technical interview mainly included resume discussion, DSA problems, and some OOPs-related questions. After clearing the technical round, there was a final HR interview round discussing communication skills, interests, and internship expectations.
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Question 1
The first round usually involves resume discussion, followed by one DSA questions, and then some questions related to OOPs concepts.
I applied online. I interviewed at Ciena (Ottawa, ON) in Mar 2026
Interview
It wasn't too bad, just some basic C and python questions like pointers and some dsa concepts. Overall, the interviewers were quite amicable, and I didn't have any problems with the interview.
Phone interview with hiring managers followed by a three hour online coding test in C with data structure and algorithms.
The directors have engineering backgrounds and are very technologically knowledgeable
