Covidien Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

I applied online and got contacted within a week. Then, I had a phone interview with an engineer who would also be working on the project. It was pretty casual, mostly going over my resume and letting me talk more about some parts. I checked back about two weeks later and they said the job changed and they needed people with software engineering backgrounds instead of physics.

The entire process took about 1.5 months from application to offer. First, there was a 30-minute phone screen with the hiring manager and group director. Then, a half-day on-site interview with five people: group director, manager, another manager, technical lead, and HR. None of the interviews were super technical, more like discussions about past projects. The hiring manager, tech lead, and the other manager were assigned behavioral questions by HR, and they seemed a bit awkward asking them.

The interview process involved an initial HR screening, followed by a technical phone screen. Then there was an onsite technical interview, and after that, a face-to-face technical interview with the manager. Next, a face-to-face technical interview with a senior team member. This was followed by an HR manager interview, then a Director interview, and finally an HR head interview.