CATERPILLAR·Software Engineer

CATERPILLAR Software Engineer interview experience

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Positive

ChennaiPosted Sep 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a process that felt pretty structured, and the interviewer I met was genuinely friendly.

The questions started from the basics of what I’d listed—there were prompts around OOP concepts plus SQL and Java, and the tone stayed calm. I was able to talk through my thinking without feeling totally blindsided.

The part that actually stung was a system design question. I wasn’t as comfortable with that topic, and it showed during the back-and-forth. Even so, I walked out feeling like the interview itself went okay overall, mostly because the interviewer’s questions were clear and the earlier sections matched my stated experience. I didn’t end up getting the role, but it still felt like

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