Arrow Electronics Software Engineer interview experience

They wanted to set up the dates for me to come into the office, where I’d go through both technical and HR interviews. The structure sounded straightforward and formal: first a written technical exam, then a face-to-face interview with two team leaders, and finally an HR interview.

The difficulty level I expected was “easy” based on how they framed it, and the process felt more logistical than adversarial. But despite the clear steps, I didn’t end up getting an offer.

What I remember most is that the process was organized as a sequence of discrete checkpoints. The reflection I left with was