I participated in two interviews for a Senior Build & Release Engineer profile within one month (January 2018) at Dell EMC, for two different teams/BUs.

1) First Interview:

I applied online via LinkedIn. It was a scheduled interview that took place on a Saturday.

Rounds:

• A one-hour technical round, which went well and led to my shortlisting for the next round.
• A 30-minute managerial round.
• A one-hour-plus technical round with a panel of two interviewers. They asked many logical questions, Perl-based questions, and Perforce commands. This round was challenging, but I managed to answer most of the questions.
• After a couple of days and following up with HR, I was informed about a one-round onsite call with a Senior Manager/Director. This was a one-on-one call where we discussed roles, responsibilities, and tools.

This interview process was completed within one week, and I was very hopeful about discussing CTC and the offer with HR. Surprisingly, after another follow-up with HR, I received a reply stating that my candidature was "on hold." (I had read about "On Hold" in other Glassdoor reviews after clearing all rounds until I experienced it myself

2) Second Interview:

Two weeks after the first interview concluded, I received a call from a different HR representative regarding an opening in a different BU.

I informed them that I had already cleared all rounds in a previous interview, which was then put "on hold." As the HR representative assured me that this opening was for a different BU/team, this position would not be put on hold.

Rounds:

• A one-hour technical round at the Dell EMC office.
• A one-hour call with the onsite team (Burlington) was scheduled. I joined the bridge call in the morning, but no one showed up.
• A one-hour round with the Director was scheduled a couple of days later. The Director assured me that the call with the onsite team would be completed successfully this time.
• Another one-hour call with the onsite team (Burlington) was scheduled for the next day. I joined the bridge call again for 15 minutes, but no one turned up (same story
  ).

I followed up with HR multiple times but did not receive any response. I subsequently sent an email with my comments and feedback to HR.

I was truly disappointed with Dell EMC as they do not seem to value a candidate's time and efforts.

It is high time Dell EMC management should introspect into the recruitment process, which is either poorly managed or positions are being put "on hold" after clearing all the rounds.

Mostly logic-based questions, such as:

• Find the angle between the hour and minute hands.

Questions from Perforce commands, for example:

• p4 annotate
• p4 monitor

"rsync" and scp-based questions.