CATERPILLAR·Software Engineer

CATERPILLAR Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

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SurathakalPosted Sep 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

Early on, I did a group discussion on the theme of female engineers in the mechanical industry.

It was timed tightly—about twenty minutes—and the setting pushed me to speak clearly and quickly. That GD didn’t feel like it was testing obscure knowledge so much as communication and perspective.

After that, I moved into a technical interview grounded in my resume. They started with basic core questions and then dug into deeper topics related to the work and projects I’d mentioned. There were also HR questions woven into the discussion, so the round wasn’t purely technical.

Overall it felt difficult, and I didn’t get the offer. What I remember most is how quickly the conversation shifted

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