MMDA·Software Engineer

MDA Software Engineer interview experience

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Vancouver, BCPosted Mar 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview lasted about an hour and fifteen minutes total, and it had two distinct parts.

First, I was interviewed by two technical people from the team I would work with. They mostly asked about my resume and also touched on basic concepts in specific programming languages.

The second part was with HR, and it was only about fifteen minutes. They asked typical behavioral and resume-adjacent questions, and the atmosphere was encouraging enough that it felt natural to talk through my answers. Even so, I wasn’t accepted for the role.

The reason was security clearance: they required that I hadn’t stayed outside Canada for more than six months during the previous five years, and my

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