Cox Automotive Hardware Test / Validation Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Cox Automotive.
Cox Automotive
Software Test Engineer
Entry Average Negative experience Accept offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call Background check Offer
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
Applied in August via referral and got contacted in November. They gave me an offer in December. HR was not budging on anything, but I took it. My start date was set for the second week of January. Right after my last day at my old job, HR called to say my start date was pushed back a week due to logistics. Not great. To top it off, they didn't pay the referral bonus to my friend, claiming they don't have one, even though management talked it up.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- What's the criteria for automating a test case versus doing it manually?
- Can you define x test type?
- Imagine you have a 100-story building and two identical glass spheres. What's your strategy to identify the highest floor a sphere can be dropped from without breaking, while also minimizing the number of drops?
Cox Automotive
Software Test Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
First, there was an HR screening. Then, I had a technical round with the hiring manager. They asked about the difference between an abstract class and an interface, and then two scenario-based questions about boundary testing. After that, the final technical interview was with a panel, although one person was on PTO. This round focused mainly on automation, API testing, and some theoretical stuff like the testing pyramid and non-functional testing methods.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you explain the use of swagger.com for API testing, even if you weren't familiar with it before?
Cox Automotive
Test Engineer
Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
we had an intro call first, then the hiring manager reviewed my resume, and if they liked it, I had an interview with them. mostly asked about role-specific stuff and my background, like testing tools and things like that.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What are your salary expectations and what's your testing process flow?
Cox Automotive Hardware Test / Validation Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Cox Automotive interview reports.
“Given an array of numbers (assume the array has three or more values, and they are indeed numbers), return an index, if one exists, where the sums of the elements on either side of that index are equal. eg. [2, 3, 4, 4, 1] given the function this array should return index 2 (element with value 4) because the sums on either side are equal (2 + 3 = 4 + 1).”
Read reports →“Can you define x test type?”
Read reports →“What's the criteria for automating a test case versus doing it manually?”
Read reports →“Imagine you have a 100-story building and two identical glass spheres. What's your strategy to identify the highest floor a sphere can be dropped from without breaking, while also minimizing the number of drops?”
Read reports →“Can you explain the use of swagger.com for API testing, even if you weren't familiar with it before?”
Read report →“Are you someone who enjoys teamwork?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 6 Cox Automotive interview reports.