CATERPILLAR·Software Engineer

CATERPILLAR Software Engineer interview experience

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Laval, QCPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a fairly upbeat loop with a small panel.

After an initial recruiter call to confirm fit and cover my resume and motivation, I had a technical interview with a board of three people on the team. They were courteous and even gave quick signals if they felt I was landing well, and the questions didn’t feel brutal if I’d prepared.

Then I moved into a behavioral interview that leaned heavily on STAR-style scenarios. I was asked multiple situation/task/action/result questions tied to experience and how I’d handled challenges before. What surprised me was how much the panel tried to follow a structured format while still pushing for

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