33M·Software Engineer

3M Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Philadelphia, PAPosted Sep 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed with 3M after meeting them at a career fair, and the whole thing felt unnecessarily abrupt.

As soon as I answered a question incorrectly, the interviewer stood up, said we were done, and walked away without even letting me finish the interview.

The “incorrect” answer was tied to my GPA. At the time, I wasn’t fully done with school yet and I still had two semesters to graduate, so my GPA wasn’t final and I knew I could bring it up by the time they were evaluating me. I was only short by about 0.1 points from their stated requirement, which made the reaction feel especially harsh.

The experience left me with a very negative impression and I didn’t end up getting an offer. Looking

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