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Software Engineer Interview Experience

June 1, 2012
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Phone screen, with technical questions (20 questions).

In-person interview.

Questions

Look at this code and a diagram of BST.

Explain the output from these two BST search methods.

Explain OOP programming terms: polymorphism, encapsulation, passing by value, by reference, etc.

Write C++ classes to implement a jig-saw puzzle game.

Create a linked list and write a method to add elements to the list. Update head as needed.

How do you add elements to the head?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 260 interview experiences for the Nokia Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

48%
Pass Rate

Nokia's interview process for their Software Engineer roles is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive67%
Neutral23%
Negative10%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Nokia's Software Engineer interview process.