I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Autodesk (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2020
Interview
I first chatted with a recruiter who then arranged a phone screen with a Manager. He seemed very passionate about what the team does and had a whole list of impressive qualifications to back him. Loved this guy.
Then I was invited to on-site and boy was it a mess. First, despite me having to compromise significantly to accomodate an interviewer, he didn't even show up to the interview. The replacement kept asking pointless questions and clearly had no concrete plan to test skills. For example randomly asks me to do vector math....
Then we move on to the second interview which is a video chat with another team in Montreal. 1+ hour of straight interrogation, not a discussion but an interrogation. At 40 minutes I wanted to cut this short because I lost all interest in the job but they kept going past the 1 hour mark.
Left for home with a piercing headache. Never heard back from the recruiter but a few months later another recruiter on LinkedIn wanted to me connect regarding an amazing opportunity with the company. No thanks.
3 rounds, not that stressful, love the environment. more like to chat. And maybe it would be better to prepare some tech questions, it sould be really helpful. But the tech comes until the second, and third round is more like behavior questions.
Typical software engineer process. First telephone resume screening. and then OA and then Onsite interview. Each step is average difficult. But HR did ask some personal private questions which made me unconfortable.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Autodesk in Apr 2026
Interview
I first had a call with the recruiter to discuss the role, my background, and my experience. After that, I was invited to Round 1 with the manager.
The interview was mostly behavioral and focused heavily on teamwork, collaboration, and communication-related topics. Toward the end, there were also a few technical questions covering C++, DSA fundamentals, and other stuff related to the role.
Overall, the process felt professional and respectful. The manager was kind, approachable, and treated me with respect throughout the interview.