BMW Innovative Software Developer Interview Questions & Reviews

Interviewed Aug 2011 in Munich (Germany) (took 1 week)

After I applied online, within 1 week I was contacted by HR manager for my diplomas and certificates, and 2 days later I received the invitation for the interview. I had 1 weekend to prepare, and I asked them what kind of interview I am going to have, and they said: Mostly technical but a little bit of everything.
 Interview was very very technical. It lasted for 1,5 hours, and I was asked some questions from logistics and optimization and many many questions from C++ and object oriented programming.
 I was disappointed to learn that I was interviewed by a person who has no experience whatsoever, and worked in BMW only 6 months. My expression was that the guy just had a set of questions in front of him, and answers, and if my answer was not exactly as it was written there, it was considered wrong. Just to be fair, I must say that I failed to answer most of the questions correct (at least in his understanding).
 Another downside was that the guy that interviewed me was from my country, and there is a high competition among us abroad, so no wonder he made it as difficult for me as he could (that's how I felt).

 So to conclude: if you need to prepare for the interview with BMW, repeat all the concepts of OOP, read FAQ on C++, and be ready for all the standard tricky questions from C++.
 If your background is not from computer science, repeat some basic definitions from your field. My mistake was that I prepared to talk about complex algorithms and optimization problems, but I did not pay any attention to initial definitions.