Hitachi·Software Engineer

Hitachi Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Dec 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience started out strong with a technically competent interviewer and then turned uncomfortable.

The first conversation with an engineer who actually sounded grounded in real software went well, and I felt like I could explain my background without the process feeling performative. Then the next interview shifted to a different dynamic—one interviewer came across like a manager who believed he understood software because of what he’d watched, and the tone became less about engineering and more about confidence.

During that stretch, I remember feeling thrown off by the way the interviewers talked about honesty and how candidates might exaggerate. Both interviewers seemed to admit that

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