Cox Automotive Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Feb 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My early conversations led to an interview that felt unusual from the very first prompt: I was asked to design and code a toaster.

It was entertaining in a way, but also kind of hard to take as a serious real-world scenario since a toaster feels inherently limited and opinionated compared to complex software domains.

The interviewers started by talking through possible features like multiple slots and extra behaviors, and I remember feeling like the prompt didn’t quite match the broader automotive context the company came from. The people I talked with were nice and encouraging, and I honestly walked in thinking I had a great shot.

I didn’t get an offer. My reflection was that the team was supportive, but the exercise

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