AAptiv·Software Engineer

Aptiv Software Engineer interview experience

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KrakówPosted Aug 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

A recruiter contacted me through LinkedIn and sent a HackerRank-style take-home quiz.

It consisted of two coding exercises in C and C++, plus a multiple-choice section with around fifteen questions. After that, I moved to a video call with the team manager and an engineer.

That conversation mixed automotive knowledge questions with more hands-on problem solving: two coding tasks and a physics problem showed up during the same live session. It felt like they wanted a blend of engineering judgment, coding ability, and the kind of reasoning you’d use around system behavior.

I was offered the role, and the process felt difficult mainly because the live technical part wasn’t just

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