CATERPILLAR Software Engineer interview experience

The structure was tight in one way—each question had a two-minute limit for my response—but I wasn’t rushed while preparing because I had unlimited time to get my answer ready. The questions themselves were fairly generic, with no real technical questions, which made it feel like a screening stage focused on communication rather than engineering depth.

As the recording went on, the biggest challenge was keeping my answers crisp enough to fit the short response window. Once I finished, I moved on from that stage and waited to see what came next, but I ultimately didn’t get an offer from the