Cornerstone OnDemand Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

So the process started with a Java testing and QA role. There was an online MCQ test covering Java OOP, automation testing, and frameworks, and it included 3 coding questions: printing a number pyramid, binary search, and counting character occurrences in a string. After the test, there were 3 interviews: a technical round, a managerial round, and an HR interview. The interviewers were pretty chill and helpful. My freelance testing experience was a plus. They even gave us a free veg thali for lunch.

It was a 3-stage interview process. First, I had a 30-minute chat with an HR person where we talked about my motivation and past projects. Then, a 30-minute conversation with the hiring manager focusing on how I keep up with industry trends, my interests, strengths, and weaknesses. Finally, a technical interview without any coding, covering Java/JVM concepts like collections, functional programming, and immutability, plus general questions like 'how would you approach this problem?'. I didn't receive any feedback after the last stage. The tech interviewers had poor English command.

Since I was interviewing from out of state, the whole thing was done over Skype. There were a few stages. First, I had a chat with the recruiter about me and my job, and we set up another call. The next call was technical. They asked me to write some basic SQL queries, and then asked me some questions about SQL. Then I had to come up with a solution for a pretty simple programming problem that involved a greedy algorithm. After that, I talked to two architects about how I'd model a certain problem (cars and features), which was more open-ended. Then I spoke with the VP of App Dev and finally the CTO. I got a job offer pretty much right after that.