Tenneco·Software Engineer

Tenneco Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Medium

Negative

MexicoPosted Apr 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had three interviews: the first two were with recruiters and HR, where the questions felt normal and they also explained the role I would be doing.

The last interview was with the person who would be my boss, and that’s where things turned awkward.

There was poor coordination between the recruiter and that manager, and I ended up waiting for almost an hour. During the interview, everything might have been answerable, but the manager repeatedly brought up that he wanted “a real engineer” rather than someone in industrial engineering, and he kept making remarks that really disrupted the tone. He said it many times during the interview, and it got to the point where it bothered me a lot.

I didn’t get an offer, and the overall experience

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