National Grid Software Engineer interview experience

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New York, NYPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first encounters with National Grid were heavily digital and a bit game-like.

The process started with video screening where I recorded answers to questions on screen, and I had the chance to re-record until I was satisfied. Before moving on, there were multiple assessment-style games, including memory and pattern-matching tasks, plus a personality-type prompt where I selected between images.

Once I got past the HireVue part, the remaining stages still felt structured around screening rather than deep technical sparring. In my conversations, the questions skewed behavioural—things like adapting to challenging situations, building relationships, and what it looked like

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