SSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories·Software Engineer

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

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Spokane, WAPosted Jul 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through an all-day interview process that was heavy on software coding.

There were some behavioral questions, but most of the time was spent on code-related problem solving. The questioning started with object-oriented principles and then moved into data structures and general problem-solving.

What made it feel difficult was how much attention was paid to how I reasoned about inheritance and interfaces. It wasn’t just about getting to an answer—it was about explaining the design choices and how the pieces fit together. I didn’t receive an offer, and I remember feeling mentally drained at the end because the focus stayed technical for the entire day with little

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