33M·Software Engineer

3M Software Engineer interview experience

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Medium

Positive

United StatesPosted Jul 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a recruiter reaching out after finding my resume in a talent library, which felt pretty direct.

After a phone screen, I moved into a Teams video interview with the hiring members for about an hour. The panel interview was then run with six people. The surprising part was that there wasn’t much, if any, technical skill testing; instead, the conversation stayed behavioral, centered on how I work and how I’d fit into the company’s mindset.

When I thought about the day, the format matched what I’d been told the company valued: character and trainability over purely technical performance. The difficulty level was average, and I didn’t feel like I was being graded on coding puzzles or deep

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