Keysight Technologies Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interviews skewed heavy on technical depth, and a few moments really raised the difficulty level for me.

I started with a conversation where they asked about my background and past work, but then the questions shifted into systems and language-specific territory. They threw in extremely vague system design prompts—things like how I’d choose a programming language while designing a system—and I also got specific language questions around C# pointer handling.

Then they surprised me with a live .NET coding test. I’d prepared more for the language I expected based on the earlier setup, so the mismatch made me feel unsteady, even though I stayed engaged and answered the design discussion with what I

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