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 interviewed at Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Supermicro) (San Jose, CA)
Interview
After the recruiter pre-screening, I expected a one-on-one interview with the hiring manager. However, it turned out to be an online panel with three interviewers, and I was the only one with video on. The setup was unexpected, but the questions were relevant to the role and my past experience.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Supermicro) (San Jose, CA) in Sep 2024
Interview
I only had 2 rounds of interview, first one is a chat with hiring manager and the second one is a one hour round table interview with 4 cross functional team members.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you tell me about your day as a Program Manager?
I applied online. I interviewed at Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Supermicro) (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2023
Interview
Interviewed twice for different roles. One interview seemed like the hiring manager was quite a bit less senior than myself, thus the role was not well matched for my seniority or expectations. Another interview went relatively well, but some company specific areas where I was not familiar with were the only hesitation voiced and the interviewer asked for me to create a detailed 6 slide technical presentation on those areas to submit to him to determine if we could proceed further based on my ability to learn it...... I decided to take the punt and burn a weekend learning the specific technical content. It was all simple to grasp, but just took a long time to gather all the content, process and create the presentation. I sent the presentation, which in reality should have been sufficient to enter a second round interview. But I wasted a lot of my personal time with no tangible follow up from the interviewer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about some company specific areas relating to their product specifications where I was not familiar with were the only hesitation voiced and the interviewer asked for me to create a detailed 6 slide technical presentation on those areas to submit to him to determine if we could proceed further based on my ability to learn it...... I decided to take the punt and burn a weekend learning the specific technical content. It was all simple to grasp, but just took a long time to gather all the content, process and create the presentation. I sent the presentation, which in reality should have been sufficient to enter a second round interview. But I wasted a lot of my personal time with no tangible follow up from the interviewer.