John Deere Software Engineer interview experience

I met a representative at a career fair, then got emailed to do an on-campus interview with a technical employee. The questions were the kind of standard STAR behavioral prompts I’d seen before, and the vibe was pretty welcoming—less like a trap and more like they wanted to understand how I handled real situations.

From there, the structure stayed lightweight and interview-style rather than heavy on deep technical digging. I had an HR-style intro, then moved into a behavioral interview where they explicitly guided me to answer using the STAR method. The format was short and focused; I was