Simulation Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Archer with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 42.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Archer as a Simulation Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Background check: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Personality test: 14%
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The interview process began with a phone interview with a recruiter. I only get to this stage, but the recruiter told me the next steps would have been as follows: 1/ a behavioral interview with the Hiring Manager, 2/ a technical interview with a Principal Engineer, and 3/ an on-site interview where they would give you a case study a week before for you to present your solution within 45 minutes and then 3-4 30-minutes interviews back to back with the other members of the team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself. What do you know about Archer? Can you describe to me what you did in this most recent working experience and what your tech stack was?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Archer (San Jose, CA) in May 2026
Interview
30-min recruiter call → 30-min hiring manager call → 30-min call with a team member (senior simulation engineer) → full onsite at the San Jose office. Onsite was a 1-hour case study presentation in front of a 5-person panel (bring your own laptop, present your background + a technical project, then a live whiteboarding exercise on HIL test design), followed by four back-to-back 30-min 1:1s