SSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories·Software Engineer

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Software Engineer interview experience

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Pullman, WAPosted Sep 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a phone screen where the questions leaned heavily on power-systems fundamentals—things like how faults show up, and some core math—along with HR-style prompts.

After that call, the scheduling moved quickly at first and then stretched out: they got me into a video interview about a week later, and that second stage felt like a step up in intensity.

On video, two technical people grilled me on power system concepts, and they had an outline of topics they expected to cover. I remember feeling like I needed the fundamentals to be automatic, because when I stalled they would be willing to help, but the pace and depth didn’t really let me coast. The questions pushed into the basics and then kept going deeper, like they were testing the edges of what I

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