HDR·Software Engineer

HDR Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

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Negative

San Antonio, TXPosted Dec 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

HR reached out to set up the meeting, and then I moved straight into the interview questions.

From there, I met with the PE manager as the core conversation. The focus was on what I would bring to the team—specifically work like control drawing in AutoCAD—and how the day-to-day would actually look.

They were honest that I’d be doing a lot of drawing in AutoCAD, so it helped that it wasn’t sugarcoated. At the same time, they made it clear that knowing the difference between power PE and controls PE mattered for the kind of role they had in mind.

The manager’s tone could sound arrogant, and it threw me off at first, but I adjusted by staying calm and being myself. Overall, the meeting

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