Collins Aerospace Software Engineer interview experience

After an initial recruiter touchpoint, I sat down for a call and then moved into a zoom-style discussion where the focus was almost entirely behavioral. I talked through my background, what I’d been working on, and the way I approach projects, including the “why Collins” and “hardest engineering challenge” style questions. The interviewers gave me room to ask questions at the end, which made it feel less like an interrogation and more like a real conversation.

Across the rounds, the technical side didn’t dominate. Even when I expected more hard questions, the interviews kept drifting back to