Seagate·Software Engineer

Seagate Software Engineer interview experience

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Madison, WIPosted Sep 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview started with higher-ups coming in and asking personal questions, like why I wanted to work there and where I saw myself in the future with the company.

After that, two programmers joined and shifted into technical questions focused on programming and Java.

What made it difficult was the pace of switching between mindset and fundamentals. Some questions were straightforward—like defining what a class is—but the overall bar felt like they wanted confidence and completeness rather than partial answers. Their expectation was clear: if I could answer about half the technical questions well, I would be in a good position.

Even though the questions ranged from very basic to more involved, it didn’t feel casual. It felt like they were testing both

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