Seagate·Software Engineer

Seagate Software Engineer interview experience

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SingaporePosted Jul 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first contact moved fast enough to start with, but the actual phone screen felt abrupt and very low-structure.

After applying online, I went into what turned into a lightning-round interview where the interviewer didn’t even introduce themself before jumping into questions. I gave my elevator pitch and then answered quickly, but it didn’t feel like there was much conversational grounding.

A couple days later, I received an email saying I wasn’t moving forward. That was the whole arc—no technical deep dive, no follow-up discussion, just a short exchange and then a quick rejection.

Another phone screen I went through around the same period was friendlier, though still not very technical. The

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