Loved working with my Tekelec co-workers, at least the few that remained after the many rounds of layoffs after we were acquired by Oracle in 2013.
They did have good medical and dental benefits, as well as generous sick time and holidays, with an industry-standard level of vacation.
One Oracle took over in 2013, and Tekelec completely lost its startup mentality, which is what made it a great place to work. If you want to work for a large corp. with very stringent layers of development rules and processes for everything, this is the place for you.
Regain the entrepreneurial spark that turned Tekelec into a great company, which was lost when Oracle took over. Reward your employees with raises and bonuses for their hard work and dedication.
Initial contact was with their recruiter, and a phone call followed to discuss the position and expectations on both sides. Next, I was called by the Project Manager for a phone interview to assess interest from both parties. Then, I was scheduled
Each team in the Morrisville office has its own interview process. The internal cloud team focuses on networking skills and team fit. The microservices team asks simple whiteboarding questions, OOP questions, and "Do you know Docker/Kubernetes/etc.?"
Two phone interviews. No coding questions. All asked about my research projects, one by one, into details.
Initial contact was with their recruiter, and a phone call followed to discuss the position and expectations on both sides. Next, I was called by the Project Manager for a phone interview to assess interest from both parties. Then, I was scheduled
Each team in the Morrisville office has its own interview process. The internal cloud team focuses on networking skills and team fit. The microservices team asks simple whiteboarding questions, OOP questions, and "Do you know Docker/Kubernetes/etc.?"
Two phone interviews. No coding questions. All asked about my research projects, one by one, into details.