Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Canada
Process
Standard technical interview process. The hiring manager had very poor soft skills. I am unsure if they are sexist or just incredibly rude and condescending. They came off as very inexperienced.
The interview itself consisted of standard behavioral and some technical questions, but nothing too deep. Despite this, they made the entire interview feel like an interrogation or argument.
They asked a few technical questions, and it felt as though they were trying to trip me up. They even made some odd, leading statements that I did not fall for. When I didn't "fall for it," they conceded I was correct but wanted to make sure.
This was a bizarre way to test a candidate's knowledge. Even outside the "traps," certain comments they made revealed they really didn't know what they were talking about themselves. I did not point this out, as at this point I just wanted to get through the interview politely.
Awful experience. I would not recommend.
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Autodesk's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in Canada is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Autodesk Work Experiences
- 1.0Layoffs and more layoffs..Software Development Engineer • Former EmployeeMarch 2, 2017Pros: Not much work assigned, as people are too old in the organization to work. Work-life balance is top-class. Disability leave pays 67% of base salary, so most people take that for a year. It's an awesome idea to survive layoffs and to look for a new job.Cons: No salary hikes, work is crap, very little annual bonus, useless junk managers always sucking up to their managers. The company currently has more managers and QA than developers. In fact, most dev managers in the US have one or two managers in Asia reporting to them. The company is offshoring all the work to Shanghai and Singapore at a very fast rate, as their cloud products have failed miserably. Few wrong people have taken over the board and are killing the tech culture at Autodesk. The CEO, Carl Bass, was all set to be sacked but then resigned from the CEO position last month. There is no CEO for the company for the time being, as the two interim CEOs who are SVPs are fighting it out.
- 2.0Good Pay, Bad LeadershipSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 1, 2015Pros: Good pay. Good benefits. Some interesting projects. Nice offices in San Francisco.Cons: The CIO and most senior leaders in EIS are empty suits. They don't understand current technologies and spend all day playing politics. They throw their people under the bus when they get in trouble. For example, my apps team had a great leader who really changed things around here. He was technical and helped us to modernize everything, from bringing in agile development to changing the languages and databases. He was the only member of CIO staff who had any real diversity on his leadership team. But the CIO decided to fire him because it was becoming obvious he was a much better, stronger leader. I actually asked the CIO what happened and got a political BS answer. Now we're going backwards at light speed, and the CIO spends all day telling little stories and slogans and throwing people under the bus.
- 4.0Great company to work forSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeePune, Maharashtra, IndiaAugust 17, 2019Pros: Great work environment and helpful people. Flexible working hours, no pressure.Cons: Hiring process for interns only.
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