JLR Software Engineer interview experience

The questions were mostly standard competency prompts, then I walked through a project I’d done during university. What surprised me was how much the discussion felt like a back-and-forth: I kept getting nudged to go deeper, not just to describe what I’d built, but to explain the thinking behind the decisions.

Overall it didn’t feel especially hard. I was able to talk through a topic I was genuinely interested in and expand as the interviewer followed along, which made it feel less like a grilling session and more like a chance to show depth in a way that matched my own curiosity. I didn’t