Sensata Software Engineer interview experience

The hiring manager never reviewed my resume, and when the conversation started I could tell the interviewer’s expertise was very specific to a narrow area—he focused heavily on components like shafts and their applications. Almost every question I got centered on shafts, but none of it connected to the mechanical design work I actually do.

The most confusing part was how little cross-coverage there was. I was expecting to be evaluated on broader mechanical design thinking, yet the interviewer didn’t seem to recognize tools and concepts that came up in my background, including asking whether