Western Digital Software Engineer interview experience

We discussed how I’d been operating over the last few months and what my goals were moving forward. It made the hiring discussion feel less like an interrogation and more like a calibration.

After that, I went into a leadership-style chat with a senior person from a broader leadership perspective. The goal was to confirm my technical skills were consistent with the company-wide standard, not just tuned to my specific team. Finally, I had a culture/values check centered on how I aligned with their core values—truthfulness, fairness, value, and loyalty. Even though it wasn’t a typical