DEKA Research & Development Software Engineer interview experience

During the early rounds, including the hiring manager and junior engineers, things went pretty well.

The tone changed when senior members of the manufacturing team joined. Their questions felt unrelated to the role, and it came across like they weren’t really engaging with my resume or experiences—one of them spent much of the time looking at their phone. When the interview was nearing the end, the hiring manager came back in, and one interviewer asked how I thought I had done, adding that I should have been better prepared for future interviews. That was genuinely unsettling.

The facility