Southwest Research Institute·Software Engineer

Southwest Research Institute Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

San Antonio, TXPosted Mar 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had been expecting to interview with the head of R&D, but when I arrived I was met by a committee of three HR personnel instead.

At the start it felt a bit chaotic and overly casual—while they asked questions, they were also looking down at their phones and taking notes. The interview itself was otherwise okay until I got asked where I came from and why I independently arranged to be on-site.

Those questions threw me off, and the tone shifted from neutral to sharp when they told me, in a rude way, that they would rather do an on-site interview virtually next time. It was genuinely disappointing because the company otherwise seemed like it could be a great place to work. The rest of the conversation felt like it was

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