American Institutes for Research Software Engineer interviews, decoded.

First, I talked to the recruiter over video, then I had a technical phone interview. Finally, I went onsite and met with a senior engineer, the technical director, and a technical project manager.

I applied online. The process involved an initial HR screen, then a technical phone interview, and finally an onsite interview. They asked about Data structure, Algorithms, C#.Net, SQL, Multi threading, Problem solving skills, and Database queries.

Started with a quick call with the recruiter, then had a phone interview with two senior software engineering managers. They hit me with mostly theoretical tech questions, and it felt like they had very specific answers they were looking for. If you didn't give their exact answer, they didn't seem to care much. Honestly, it didn't feel like they were checking for how I think through problems or my creative problem-solving skills.