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VMware

VMware is the virtualisation and private-cloud platform behind vSphere, Tanzu, NSX, and related enterprise infrastructure, now owned by Broadcom. Interviews are systems-heavy, often covering operating systems, networking, storage, distributed control planes, and how to maintain mature software used by conservative enterprise customers.

Big techcloudvirtualisationinfrastructure
Founded
1998
Employees
38K
HQ
Palo Alto, US

Interview process

With roughly 38K employees and headquarters in Palo Alto, US, VMware hires through dedicated recruiting teams, and loops at companies of this size tend to be structured, with each round scored against a written rubric. Interviewers are usually trained engineers and managers rather than the hiring manager alone, and candidates for backend engineer, devops engineer, site reliability engineer roles typically face separate rounds for core skills, design or case thinking, and behavioral fit. Open a role below for the questions and focus areas specific to that function.

Questions and process by role

VMware hires across several engineering and product functions, and the loop shifts with each one. Open a role for the reported questions, the round-by-round focus, and a salary band for that function.

Salary signal

Approximate senior median pay for VMware's core roles, anchored to San Francisco and modeled from BLS, ONS, and Levels.fyi reference medians. These are market bands for the role and city, not VMware offers. Open a role for the full city-by-city table.

Senior p50
$291,000
Reference city
San Francisco
Basis
Total comp

Employee reviews

VMware holds a 4.1 Glassdoor rating. External review scores are directional signals. Treat them as context alongside the specific team, location, level, and hiring manager you are interviewing with.

Glassdoor 4.1

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