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After spending an hour discussing a potential architecture, the interviewer demanded a proposed architecture, despite no providing enough details to give a good answer. Even explaining that there wasn't enough information to provide an answer, the interviewer insisted. Couched with caveats about it being based on not enough data, I provided a proposal and was summarily skewered for doing so.
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Applications Portfolio Manager

Interviewed at Bridgewater Associates

3.7★
Mar 24, 2014

After spending an hour discussing a potential architecture, the interviewer demanded a proposed architecture, despite no providing enough details to give a good answer. Even explaining that there wasn't enough information to provide an answer, the interviewer insisted. Couched with caveats about it being based on not enough data, I provided a proposal and was summarily skewered for doing so.

Questions at 2nd level - How would place a product from Conception to Market? Give a brief outline? What are the parameters that you would consider for placing a product in the market? Give an example when you have been responsible for conceptualizing a product? What were the hurdles that you encountered? Have you worked with product packages? Give examples from previous roles. Questions at Final level- The questions were focussed around Revenue recognition, Quarterly objectives, Billability, Targets, PM and types of projects etc. One of the questions asked was what do you understand by VSOE. An Accounting term that is practiced in software organzations for revenue recognition.
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Portfolio Manager

Interviewed at Genesys

4.2★
Sep 30, 2014

Questions at 2nd level - How would place a product from Conception to Market? Give a brief outline? What are the parameters that you would consider for placing a product in the market? Give an example when you have been responsible for conceptualizing a product? What were the hurdles that you encountered? Have you worked with product packages? Give examples from previous roles. Questions at Final level- The questions were focussed around Revenue recognition, Quarterly objectives, Billability, Targets, PM and types of projects etc. One of the questions asked was what do you understand by VSOE. An Accounting term that is practiced in software organzations for revenue recognition.

Questions, at least in my case, were situational questions. e.g. If you run to resistance, or someone not cooperating, or not performing what would you do. Give us a example/situation where you had to e.g. discipline, motivate, give bad news to executives or to an employee? What are principals in project management, Business Consulting etc.. Give us an example of a time when a project was not successful, what were the resons?
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Portfolio Manager and Technology Lead

Interviewed at BC Public Service

3.8★
Sep 8, 2018

Questions, at least in my case, were situational questions. e.g. If you run to resistance, or someone not cooperating, or not performing what would you do. Give us a example/situation where you had to e.g. discipline, motivate, give bad news to executives or to an employee? What are principals in project management, Business Consulting etc.. Give us an example of a time when a project was not successful, what were the resons?

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