Geotab·Software Engineer

Geotab Software Engineer interview experience

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Toronto, ONPosted Nov 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The early part of my interview journey felt standard at first: I had a recruiter call, and then about a week later I got pulled into an “IQ” style assessment as part of the flow.

That test was the most frustrating element of the whole process. The questions felt unclear and glitchy, with simplistic puzzles that didn’t have an obvious path to a correct answer.

What really threw me off was how poorly the test seemed designed for non-native English speakers. Some of the prompts felt tied to U.S.-specific context or culture in a way that made the content confusing and, honestly, not reflective of technical ability. It gave off the feeling of data collection more than a real skills screen, and it made me anxious about time pressure for the wrong reasons.

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