Baker Hughes·Software Engineer

Baker Hughes Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United StatesPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a recruiter conversation that felt a bit skewed toward salary expectations—more about whether I was willing to land at the low end of the posted range than about digging into what the role would actually require.

After that, my process leaned heavily on recorded interviews. I did a one-way HireVue style screen with a handful of questions—mostly behavioral, like motivation and STAR-type prompts—with tight timing where a timer started as soon as the recording began. I remember feeling both watched and rushed at the same time, and it threw me off enough that I couldn’t always clearly explain my motivation. Later, I moved to a more relaxed live-style check where the focus was getting to know me; it was conversational, and there weren’t technical questions in that round.

Even though the early steps were

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