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How others got an interview
- 15%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 14%RecruiterRecruiter
- 8%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 7%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 4%In PersonIn Person
- 3%OtherOther
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- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Ciena as 64.6% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.88 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Solutions Engineer and IT Operations Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Associate Systems Engineer and Web Developer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Ciena takes an average of 34 days when considering 152 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Hardware Design had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Network Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 360 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Ciena according to 152 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 12%
Background check: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
Presentation: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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