Teradyne Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

I had an initial video call with the manager where they asked some high-level technical questions. After that, I was invited on-site for 3 more rounds. These were purely technical interviews with a senior engineer, each lasting about 45 minutes. I felt the difficulty was quite high for a new grad role. The manager and senior engineer were also quite rude, and they didn't reimburse my travel expenses as promised.

The interview process spanned a whole week and included two interviews, one done virtually and the other in person at their North Reading, MA location. Based on prior experience and online information, their interviews usually take more time. The initial round consisted of a few technical questions along with 1-2 behavioral questions. The second round involved meeting with two software engineers and the manager for about 40 minutes each. The engineers primarily asked technical questions, interspersed with some behavioral ones. My discussions with the manager were mostly casual and behavioral, concluding with a tour of the facility. They were having a barbecue that day, and they were nice enough to offer me food. It was a really pleasant and welcoming experience overall.

I applied through the company website with a referral and got a callback within 3 days to schedule a chat with the hiring manager. The first round with the hiring manager was pretty straightforward. They reviewed my CV and asked me to discuss my past work experience. Since the role needed a C++ and C# engineer and my experience aligned, we focused on that. This was followed by a couple of simple coding problems. For one problem, I had to predict the output, and for the second, I had to identify an error. These coding problems covered pass-by-value, pass-by-reference, and pointers. I received a positive response to proceed to an onsite interview at Agoura Hills with four interviewers. They covered my travel expenses and kindly offered to pay for lunch. The onsite interview primarily involved solving basic LeetCode problems, which I wasn't very comfortable with, so I think I stumbled. However, I managed to explain my thought process and write pseudocode. They also briefly asked me to review my CV and answer the common question, 'Tell me about yourself.' I wish I had prepared a bit more.