Candidates applying for Software Engineer Internship roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Ciena overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Ciena as a Software Engineer Internship according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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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