Autodesk Interview Questions & Reviews in San Francisco, CA Area
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Updated May 24, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Business Intelligence Analyst at Autodesk
Posted May 24, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 in San Francisco, CA (took a day)
I was asked to do a market sizing case and a case study. The interview was tough but fair. I was given a sizing case and a case study for the first hour, and the second hour was 1:1 interview to discuss the given cases.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing Analyst Intern at Autodesk
Posted Mar 12, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 3 weeks)
2 phone interviews: 1st one was just a conversation to gauge interest. Second one was a group interview with 3 people asking me questions about my research background, situational interview questions about how I would research a certain thing etc. Behavioral questions too.
1 presentation/ case interview- gave me 2 cases
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Negotiation Details
Not too much wiggle room with base pay. Negotiate on moving/ and sign on bonus.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Senior Network Engineer at Autodesk
Posted Jan 27, 2012
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in San Rafael, CA (took a day)
I was a "key personnel" they came to me with an offer after providing consultation.
Negotiation Details
I told them what i wanted and they provided what i expected and additional stock options.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Interaction Designer at Autodesk
Posted Dec 14, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2009 in San Francisco, CA (took a day)
The interview process usually involves a chat with an employee, who referred you, as most new hires are referrals, then a phone interview with the manage who is doing the hiring as well as their direct manager. After that you will have a panel interview with the team you'll be working with 6-30 people, but more than 12 and it will likely be broken up into separate groups. After a 1-2 hour panel interview you'll have a day's worth of 1 on 2 interviews (30-60mins) with each of the team members you'll be working with. After this each team member will evaluate you to their manager. If most team members would like to have you on the team, you'll have 1 last interview with the manager, and a phone interview with HR to discuss financials, after that you're set.
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Negotiation Details
Initial pay is strongly based on years of experience and level of education earned, not a lot of wiggle room, once you're in the door that number doesn't mean too much, so don't get too hung up on it.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing at Autodesk
Posted Jul 2, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in San Rafael, CA (took 1 week)
I was screened by HR who was nice enough. He explained the positioned was managed by 2 people overseas in a country with an 8 hours time difference, that was the first bad sign. International management situations with cultural differences, recipe for disaster. I was told the phone interview with the internationals would be a case study discussion given to me a few hours before the interview. Another bad sign and telling how these engineer types with poor communication skills think. They didn't even bother to introduce themselves, their role or position the job in a positive way at all. One hour of pandering on hypothetical nonsense. A backwards interviewing culture that has no concept of employer brand or talent management.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Project Manager at Autodesk
Posted Nov 30, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in San Rafael, CA (took 2+ weeks)
I was contacted by corporate recruiter who found my resume on job board. I had 3 phone interviews with them - with recruiter, with PMO person and with the hiring manager/director level. Next step was to be invited for the on-site interview, but I didn't make it. Overall I liked the experience. PMO manager left the best impression on me - asking quiet meaningful questions as opposed to how do you calculate the critical path... her questions were more situational and were testing my common sense. I would definitely love to work with someone like her. Hiring manager was sharp and smart, but little too chatty - which tricked me in being rather chatty as well - MISTAKE. Ended up producing very blurry answer to rather simple question and I think that killed it for me. however, I liked the experience and the people and would love to try to get interviews at Autodesk again. Questions asked were quiet general: describe experience on the projects, followed up by situational questions: how did you deal with ........those are not necessarily difficult questions but it is rather hard to foresee what might be asked and harder to prepare concise answer.. so you will have to be ready to improvise but still keep it short and to the point.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Product at Autodesk
Posted Jul 18, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in San Francisco, CA (took 5 weeks)
The contract recruiter who initially found me was extremely professional and great to speak with. The interviews with the actual management was strange, and while an offer was implied, negotiations ended abruptly with a surprise agenda.
I had a lot of interviews with upper management, and no actual peers. Most of the questions I was asked were behavioral. They did not seem to know how to interview me on skill-set, which is understandable if no one had a similar role, however they could have cross-interviewed with other teams. It seemed they were in a rush and did not have time to arrange.
After the first day of on-site interviewing, they told me an internal candidate had shown up and they weren't going to continue with me. Less than 3 hours later, they said the internal candidate bailed, and they would like to continue with me. After a second day of on-site interviews, and positive reviews, I was chosen over another external candidate. We did a very in-depth background check with a lot of private information that I did not think was necessary, including parking tickets. After discussing a salary, and start date, and when the offer would come to me, the most unprofessional thing happened; another internal candidate showed up within a day, and they immediately signed with them instead. It is unclear if they actually hire based on one being the best candidate, or convenience and availability, and internal politics. I thought the experience with me was a joke to them, and an enormous waste of my time.
Additionally, through my interviews, I thought upper management was rude and disrespectful, insulting a previous company I had worked for, and talking down to me as if I was a child. The engineering staff I met with, however were intelligent, and asked great questions.
It is unfortunate because I like their products a lot, but it seems that their internal culture, politics and hiring process leave a lot to be desired. It does not seem that if one was on the team, there would be any guarantee that ones' teammates would be the best available either.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Marketing at Autodesk
Posted Nov 16, 2009
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 in San Francisco, CA (took 6+ weeks)
The people I interviewed with were smart, enthusiastic and responsive. They did not try any scare tactics or leave me hanging at any point, which is always much appreciated!
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Marketing at Autodesk
Posted Mar 19, 2009 — 3 of 3 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2008 in San Francisco, CA (took 1+ week)
Initial phone screening by HR, then phone screening by hiring manager. Then 3 in-person interviews at the job site (included hiring manager). Then 2 additional phone interviews (they wanted to move fast because job req was going to be closed if they didn't hire someone). Nice office in San Francisco on Market St near Ferry Building. While I was waiting in lobby / coffee area, I saw a couple informal meetings taking place on the fly, so seemed like an interactive / energetic atmosphere - a young / hip type culture that you'd expect for San Francisco.
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Reason for Declining
Offer wasn't strong enough to warrant changing jobs and taking on risk of starting at new company in this economy (i.e. first one hired, first one laid off). It would have been more of a lateral move for me -- even though this position would have had one direct report, that also makes the job more risky during a layoff period. I'm glad I didn't accept the job as since this time AutoDesk has had lay offs, and I'm sure its performance has suffered due to the bad economy (industries like the Auto Industry aren't doing well). Also, in talking to former employees, it sounded like the group I was considering joining may have been disfunctional with lots of politics and drama between team members (i.e. the old-school crowd that had been at the company a long time vs the newer generation of employees). Linked In was really helpful in connecting with former employees to get their insights to help me make the decision.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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