Rockwell Automation Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I first spoke with the hiring manager about the basics of the company and the role itself.

After that, I moved into a technical interview with potential team members where the format felt very structured—less like casual conversation and more like prepared questions each interviewer had queued up.

Each person asked about a different slice of technical knowledge: Linux, automation with Ansible, VMware, and Windows. What stood out was that it wasn’t exploratory or loosely guided; the questions came in clearly and I had to respond directly.

When I completed that portion, the flow would have continued to an interview with management. The difficulty level felt high compared to earlier

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