guest Post subject: anyone like to share an interview experience
with inCode? Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 3:47 pm Hi, Does any one
like to share an interview experience ( HR and technical) for a RF engineer
position wiht inCode? Thanks Top another guest
Post subject: Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 12:05 pm I interviewed
with inCode. I found their interview process very strange. The recruiter
was in charge of the whole process it seemed. Set up all the interviews
and made the final hiring decision. At the time, I was asking myself,
"Why is the recruiter running this process? A lot of power for someone
not technically trained!" Strange. No in-face interview was ever
conducted. Everything is done by phone. The technical interview was
challenging. Their systems guys are very knowledgeable. In my case I
was interviewing for a CDMA system position so they asked me a bunch
of CDMA questions relating to how handsets and base stations handle
CDMA calls. The HR interview was the standard "what are your
strengths and what are you weaknesses" sort of interview, but they had
me take an online test before the interview, which asked a bunch of
questions like "have you ever considered bringing a gun to work." I
thought this test was ridiculous. Part of this online test appeared
to be an IQ test. Very strange indeed. You would think they would rely
on the technical interview to see how bright you are. In the
end I was rejected by inCode. I was confused with this decision since
my technical interviews went well and both technical managers said I
was a good find. So I contacted the recruiter, who was apparently in
charge, and she said they would love to hire me, but I was asking too
much money. She had asked me how much money I wanted when she first
contacted me. I guess I was a fool to give her a number without understanding
what the position was all about, but I had done this in the past with
better companies who handled this gracefully. But apparently she decided
to reject me outright without negotiating a smaller number. Very unprofessional.
In the end, I found this interview process reflected poorly on their
organization. If their interview process is this strange and full of
miscommunications, I can't help but ask what their company is like as
a whole. Work for inCode? No thanks. Top
Guest Post subject: Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 12:28 pm Many companies
don't understand that their recruitment process and the way they treat
the applicant makes the impreesion as a whole. And this impression is
blowing in the wind and arrives to any ear available. I have had
few of cases like that, in which the hiring company treated me and other
applicants like garbage and following that I have advised to anyone
I know not to even think approaching to this or that company.
Top another guest Post subject: Posted: Mon May
16, 2005 12:52 pm I just saw another posting in this forum about
how it sucks to work for inCode. I guess my impression of their organization
(as seen through their recruitment process) was close to the mark.
Another bullet dodged! Top another guest
Post subject: Re: anyone like to share an interview experience with
inCodePosted: Mon May 16, 2005 2:45 pm guest wrote: Hi, Does
any one like to share an interview experience ( HR and technical) for
a RF engineer position wiht inCode? Thanks From my experience,
I always try to find someone that is working at the company as an RF
Engineer that I can talk to and see how their experience is going, ask
them what they think of the company, what the company does well and
not so well. Most always you get an objective view, much more so than
someone that didn't like it and left or was never offered a job. Good
luck with your interview! Top another guest Post
subject: Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 5:06 pm In my case, I was offered
a chance to get back into the hiring process when the recruiter realized
I was willing to negotiate my salary. However, my impression
of the company was set, and the impression was not good, so I turned
them down. This was my experience interviewing with inCode.
If someone had a better experience, please post. Top
guest Post subject: more technical interview questions shared?Posted:
Tue May 17, 2005 12:14 am Looks like lots of ppl here donot have
a good imression of inCode. Still, I like to get more technical interview
tips. Thanks Top Guest Post subject: Re: anyone
like to share an interview experience with inCodePosted: Tue Aug 09,
2005 12:07 pm guest wrote: Hi, Does any one like to share
an interview experience ( HR and technical) for a RF engineer position
wiht inCode? Thanks Top Guest Post subject:
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:52 pm i work for them i like it very
much Top Moving Post subject: Can you tell me
more?Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:55 pm Anonymous wrote: i work
for them i like it very much Hi, I will start to
work for InCode very soon. Now I am trying to decide which city to
move to and more other information? Could you give me some tips? And
how much time in a year are you travelling? Are you living in one city
or you travel with the projects? Is it worthwhile buying a car /apt.
if one travels all the time? Thanks in advance. Moving soon.
Top WalshCode0 Post subject: Poor Screening process1Posted:
Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:19 pm Lieutenant Joined: Sat Aug
27, 2005 2:06 pm Posts: 4 Location: Land of Opporunities, USA
It is always a mystery to me how resumes float in this small world
.. so I get a call from InCode and I responded. The recruiter was calling
from San Diego (I think thats where they were based out of) and asked
really dumb questions - like .. I see here that you are a Project Manager
for $1m turnkey project and have been leading a nationwide deployment
for over 2 years.... but do you have "leadership experience/supervisory
skills?" ... .. she made me a ridiculously low offer inspite of me saying
I am looking for 14% raise...and wanted me to set up an interview (3
stages!) ..could not provide me with any details about any projects
the company has in hand. - Total dissappointment! - Heard they
are going public though? _________________ ~~~ ORTHOGONALITY
ROCKS!! ~~~ Top Guest Post subject: Posted: Fri
Sep 09, 2005 11:15 am I got a call from a recruiter looking for
RF engineers for incode. He basically offered me a 6 month contract
to hire job with them. If I wanted it, however, I had to quit my current
job immediatley and start work with incode on monday (this call happened
on a wednesday mind you). He denied me the opportunity to have a face
to face interview with anyone and denied me the opportunity to visit
their jobsite or offices. I am desperatley trying to break into
rf but there was no way i could take this position. Any company that
would have its prospective employees treated like this will thow them
away like paper plates. Top Guest Post subject:
I was interviewed with inCodePosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:47 am I
have exactly the same story about myself. I was given the internet test
and then based on the results, HR interview for almost one hour. After
passing these two tests, I was told by the recruiter that if I pass
the technical interview, my salary would range from $80K to $90K depending
on how the interview goes. I had 78minute technical interview and
the comment was "Very rare, I see somebody with so much detailed knowledge",
the technical interview was mainly focused on "Handoff". I welcome you
to my team. I waited for couple of days for the HR/recruiter to come
back with offer. I reminded them that I had my technical interview done
couple of days ago, what next? The recruiter lady came back, that I
am very sorry, but we are hiring somebody else. After my query, why,
she told me that I was asking too much. I told, I even have not asked
any money yet. She refused to talk to me and told me that she can not
do any thing. So Guys, if you are looking for a job with Incode,
make sure that you prepare CDMA Handoff questions and MUST confirm the
salary first.! And if you have another offer, say no to Incode.
another guest wrote: I interviewed with inCode. I found their
interview process very strange. The recruiter was in charge of the whole
process it seemed. Set up all the interviews and made the final hiring
decision. At the time, I was asking myself, "Why is the recruiter running
this process? A lot of power for someone not technically trained!" Strange.
No in-face interview was ever conducted. Everything is done by phone.
The technical interview was challenging. Their systems guys are very
knowledgeable. In my case I was interviewing for a CDMA system position
so they asked me a bunch of CDMA questions relating to how handsets
and base stations handle CDMA calls. The HR interview was the
standard "what are your strengths and what are you weaknesses" sort
of interview, but they had me take an online test before the interview,
which asked a bunch of questions like "have you ever considered bringing
a gun to work." I thought this test was ridiculous. Part of this online
test appeared to be an IQ test. Very strange indeed. You would think
they would rely on the technical interview to see how bright you are.
In the end I was rejected by inCode. I was confused with this decision
since my technical interviews went well and both technical managers
said I was a good find. So I contacted the recruiter, who was apparently
in charge, and she said they would love to hire me, but I was asking
too much money. She had asked me how much money I wanted when she first
contacted me. I guess I was a fool to give her a number without understanding
what the position was all about, but I had done this in the past with
better companies who handled this gracefully. But apparently she decided
to reject me outright without negotiating a smaller number. Very unprofessional.
In the end, I found this interview process reflected poorly on their
organization. If their interview process is this strange and full of
miscommunications, I can't help but ask what their company is like as
a whole. Work for inCode? No thanks. Top
guest Post subject: its a great company...stop complaining !Posted:
Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:33 pm Hi, I just started working there
a while back...absolutely love the work they do and the team culture.
Stop complaining guys...accept the fact that u probably weren't good
enuff ! better luck next time ! Top Guest Post
subject: Re: its a great company...stop complaining !Posted: Mon Jan
16, 2006 5:46 pm If you have read the above posts, you should know
they are not about whether the candidates are 'good enuff', it's about
incode's lack of professionalism displayed during the interview process.
I myself had a similiar experience with incode's interview. I won't
repeat an almost same story here. guest wrote: Hi,
I just started working there a while back...absolutely love the work
they do and the team culture. Stop complaining guys...accept the fact
that u probably weren't good enuff ! better luck next time !
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