I was told there would be two rounds of technical interviews, followed by a director and HR round.

Round 1: Pair programming with a TDD test on simple questions, such as implementing an unordered set.

Round 2: This was a very strange round. A team member was paired with me. They had an ongoing project in Python, and I was asked to contribute to one of the stories. Please note, I did not have Python skills. Anyway, it was a 2.5-hour interview, and I completed it with Google's help. The questions were simple, like implementing server-side session management. I seriously wondered why they shortlisted my profile and made me go through a 2.5-hour boring interview when my profile was not a good fit for them.

Overall, I had a very negative experience. The peers seemed below par; their pace was extremely slow, and they didn't seem knowledgeable enough. I had very positive expectations given all the buzz about EMC.

Better skilled, highly ambitious candidates should stay away from this company.

1. TDD approach to implement an unordered set (not thread-safe)

2. Session management in login