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Thales Software Engineer interview experience

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GennevilliersPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview process for this role started with a preliminary technical conversation over video, and then I had a second technical verification round in person at Gennevilliers.

Both of the technical discussions lasted about 45 minutes, and they were paced like two separate checks on how I thought.

What surprised me was that there weren’t many explicitly HR-style questions. Instead, the interviewers asked plenty of personal questions—details meant to build a full picture of my profile—while also probing technical reasoning and how I explained my choices.

By the end, I felt the focus was pretty coherent even if it was heavy on personal context. I didn’t receive an offer, but I left believing they were trying to assess fit and reasoning together, not just whether I

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