Digital one way video thing, 3 behavioral questions with 30 seconds to prep and 2 minutes to record each and one attempt only. Group panel interview after that with 3 other candidates, three sections technical behavioral and general and it took like two months from application to rejection, insane.
Questions Asked
1.“What's the difference between a runtime error and a compile-time error?”
OpenText
QA Analyst
Waterloo, ON
Summer 2026Accepted
University of Waterloo · Computer Science
3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship
Easy Interview
TechnicalVirtualMultiple rounds
HR basics first then technical on regression testing and DBMS fundamentals. No coding but they wanted SQL conceptually. Two weeks total also waterloo office
Questions Asked
1.“What is memoization and how does it speed up a recursive function?”
BlackBerry
QA Analyst
Waterloo, ON
Fall 2025No Offer
University of Waterloo · Computer Science
3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship
Average Interview
TechnicalMultiple roundsVirtual
Casual phone call about goals and education first. Then OOP concepts and how I'd test an embedded system function. Got a 5 day take home after, small scope but expected production quality
Questions Asked
1.“How do you stay current with new technologies and trends in software development”
2.“Explain what a null pointer exception is and how to prevent it”