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Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Software Engineer interview experience

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Pullman, WAPosted Apr 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a recruiter phone call where they asked about C++ topics like streams, mutexes, and semaphores, and also what embedded systems are.

If I passed that, I moved to calls with a manager that dug into microcontrollers, data types, and C++ tools, and then another call with the team focused on controllers and memory management.

As the rounds progressed, there was also an annual assignment where I had to write and explain code in front of them. In my case, it involved implementing a linked list, and as I built it I had to talk through what I was doing.

Eventually I was invited to a face-to-face interview at the company, but I didn’t receive an offer. The whole journey felt demanding because it combined conceptual C++ knowledge

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