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Kelly Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.

Based on 10 interview experiences · FREE TO READ

2.3 Rounds average
Average Typical difficulty
60% Positive experience

Candidate interview experiences

First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Kelly.

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Software Engineer

Engineering · more than a year ago

Entry Average Positive experience Decline offer 6 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Take home Phone screen Onsite Panel Background check Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral Presentation

Okay, so this is a typical interview flow for a software engineer job. First, there's an initial screening call with a recruiter to chat about your background and why you're interested. Then, you might have a technical assessment, which could be coding tasks or a take-home project. After that, there's a technical interview with some engineers where you'll probably do coding problems or talk about your past work. Next up is a behavioral interview focusing on your soft skills, like teamwork and fitting in, and how you deal with stuff. If you do well, you'll likely have an on-site interview with a few rounds of technical and behavioral chats with different people. Sometimes, there's a final panel interview with higher-ups to see if you're a good overall fit. They might also do reference checks. If everything goes well, you'll get a job offer. You can then negotiate things like salary and benefits before accepting. Finally, there's onboarding, where you do paperwork and get set up.

Confirmed questions1 question
  • What are your ideas for making our work environment better
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Kelly

Software Developer

Engineering · more than a year ago

Entry Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral

You'll be designing, building, testing, and launching new features using the latest and proven technologies. We work in an Agile, collaborative setting where you'll get to understand what stakeholders need. Your job will involve designing, coding, and testing innovative software solutions at the component level. You'll make sure these solutions are unit tested and ready for integration into the product. You'll also be debugging issues reported by customers, which means designing, developing, and unit testing code fixes.

Confirmed questions1 question
  • Why would you like to work here?
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Software Engineer

Engineering

Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding

The job description was a bit vague on the exact skills needed. They were looking for a developer but didn't fully spell out all the requirements. I don't think I actually met the requirements they were looking for.

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  • Can you provide C# code to score search query results based on input keywords?

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Can you provide C# code to score search query results based on input keywords?

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Formats, difficulty and experience

Across all 10 Kelly interview reports.

Interview formats

Behavioral 44.4%
Technical 33.3%
Coding 16.7%
Presentation 5.6%

Interview difficulty

Easy 30%
Average 60%
Difficult 10%

Candidate experience

Positive 60%
Negative 20%
Neutral 20%