I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SAP Business Objects (San Ramon, CA) in Jan 2022
Interview
Initially it started so well. The application process was simple and you take an interesting personality survey meant to analyze your soft skills--and they send you the results. The AI contact me to schedule an interview and I was excited! After needing to reschedule twice, I finally secured a time to meet with someone-or so I thought. Turns out, SAP SuccessFactors is fine with cancelling your interview if they have decided on someone else. And, in my case, I received no notification. This left me waiting for 15 minutes for an interview that never began. It took two days to receive a reply for a request for information on why it was cancelled. I was then told that the interviewer, Connie Lee, decided on another person and wanted to wrap up the process quickly. In the meantime, another posting went up for the same exact position.
This was a waste of not only my time but the people at my current job that made the time and space for me to interview. I researched extensively and was left feeling disrespected and undervalued. I did eventually receive a regret email and an apology from the recruiter for a "less-than-ideal" experience.
Their treatment of me is at complete odds to the messaging in their communication of how they value individuals. I am left wondering if they ever wanted to interview me at all.
If you get an offer to interview, I suggest grabbing the first appointment possible instead of finding a time that actually works best for you.
Applied through college
round 1 -coding problems-2 and the it was not easy level but not medium
round 2- virtual interview which is of 30 minutes
overall don't demotivate yourself its very much luck based
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me with my subjects like deadlock, deadlock prevention
and then he give coding question on hackerrank which is dp problem and this problem was extremely hard even though i did not come up with brute force
and then oops concepts
I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at SAP Business Objects (Dublin, Dublin) in Nov 2015
Interview
- Interviewed by someone from HR and the overseeing Manager in the same room
- Was asked questions based on my CV; from my education to skills to my projects in university and beyond
- Was asked questions by the manager in regards to OOP concepts in relation to Java etc e.g.
1. What is method overloading?
2. What is polymorphism?
3. What is inheritance?
4. What are abstract classes?
- Overall a fairly good and balanced interview, went on for 40 mins.
- They answered all my questions too e.g. SAP HANA etc.
- Received the offer the same day
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What is method overloading?
2. What is polymorphism?
3. What is inheritance?
4. What are abstract classes?
5. Why did you pick Computer Science?