Nokia

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Finland

February 19, 2013

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Two interviews:

Initial screening
Face-to-face interview

Questions

Questions regarding bit manipulation and code optimization (some algorithms).

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the Nokia Senior Software Engineer role in Finland.

Success Rate

80%

Pass Rate

Nokia's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Finland is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive60%

Neutral40%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Nokia's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Finland.

Nokia Work Experiences

Great place to work

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Exciting work, good people, and focused management.

Cons: Career advancement is somewhat slow.

Great place to work

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Exciting work, good people, and focused management.

Cons: Career advancement is somewhat slow.

Nokia India R&D Center: a place full of low-quality engineers

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

October 24, 2010

Pros: - Very good work-life balance (sometimes more towards the life side!) - A good ecosystem integrated well into the headquarters (Finland)

Cons: - Rampant recruitment by lowering quality bars at every level (from senior management to software engineers). - I have worked with software engineers who could not write a 'for loop' properly at Nokia Bangalore; I have no idea how they got recruited. - Poor leadership and management skills of middle-level managers, who have been recruited from services companies and whose mindset has not changed from viewing the headquarters (Finland) as just a 'client'. - Poor accountability due to frequent reorganizations.

Nokia India R&D Center: a place full of low-quality engineers

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

October 24, 2010

Pros: - Very good work-life balance (sometimes more towards the life side!) - A good ecosystem integrated well into the headquarters (Finland)

Cons: - Rampant recruitment by lowering quality bars at every level (from senior management to software engineers). - I have worked with software engineers who could not write a 'for loop' properly at Nokia Bangalore; I have no idea how they got recruited. - Poor leadership and management skills of middle-level managers, who have been recruited from services companies and whose mindset has not changed from viewing the headquarters (Finland) as just a 'client'. - Poor accountability due to frequent reorganizations.

Freedom, But Average Pay

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

November 22, 2022

Pros: Work is more freely and

Cons: There is average income in it.

Freedom, But Average Pay

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

November 22, 2022

Pros: Work is more freely and

Cons: There is average income in it.

Great place to work

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Exciting work, good people, and focused management.

Cons: Career advancement is somewhat slow.

4.0
Great place to work
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
July 19, 2021
Pros: Exciting work, good people, and focused management.
Cons: Career advancement is somewhat slow.

Nokia India R&D Center: a place full of low-quality engineers

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

October 24, 2010

Pros: - Very good work-life balance (sometimes more towards the life side!) - A good ecosystem integrated well into the headquarters (Finland)

Cons: - Rampant recruitment by lowering quality bars at every level (from senior management to software engineers). - I have worked with software engineers who could not write a 'for loop' properly at Nokia Bangalore; I have no idea how they got recruited. - Poor leadership and management skills of middle-level managers, who have been recruited from services companies and whose mindset has not changed from viewing the headquarters (Finland) as just a 'client'. - Poor accountability due to frequent reorganizations.

2.0
Nokia India R&D Center: a place full of low-quality engineers
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
October 24, 2010
Pros: - Very good work-life balance (sometimes more towards the life side!) - A good ecosystem integrated well into the headquarters (Finland)
Cons: - Rampant recruitment by lowering quality bars at every level (from senior management to software engineers). - I have worked with software engineers who could not write a 'for loop' properly at Nokia Bangalore; I have no idea how they got recruited. - Poor leadership and management skills of middle-level managers, who have been recruited from services companies and whose mindset has not changed from viewing the headquarters (Finland) as just a 'client'. - Poor accountability due to frequent reorganizations.

Freedom, But Average Pay

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

November 22, 2022

Pros: Work is more freely and

Cons: There is average income in it.

3.0
Freedom, But Average Pay
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
November 22, 2022
Pros: Work is more freely and
Cons: There is average income in it.

Nokia Interview Questions

Minimum Cost of Buying Candies With Discount

You're given the costs of candies and a discount: for every three candies you buy, the cheapest one is free. Find the minimum total cost to buy all the candies.

Greedy AlgorithmsArrays

Valid Anagram

Determine if two strings are anagrams of each other, meaning they contain the same characters in a different order. You need to check if one string can be rearranged to form the other.

Check If It Is a Good Array

Determine if a given array of positive integers is considered "good". An array is "good" if you can obtain 1 by taking the greatest common divisor (GCD) of all the numbers in a subsequence of the array.

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