Wood·Software Engineer

Wood Software Engineer interview experience

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Knutsford, EnglandPosted Aug 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I experienced an assessment-style day that combined teamwork, a technical angle, and presentation.

The group exercise came first, and I then moved into an interview with two engineers where the discussion centered on nuclear power plant components—how they work and what they involve. After that, I had to prepare and deliver a presentation for about 15 minutes on a topic related to the role, followed by Q&A from a panel of engineers.

In another assessment-day format, I was in an office location for a group interview where the task was to build a small LEGO house with different design criteria, alongside a separate technical interview and a pastoral interview. The difficulty was average

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