Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at CEI with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at CEI overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at CEI as a Software Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 40%
Presentation: 20%
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The process took 2 days. I interviewed at CEI (Chennai) in Sep 2023
Interview
They asked questions mostly on oops. Asked to solve two coding question and to write a SQL query using left join. And also asked about software development lifecycle. In HR round analytical questions were asked. I was asked to create an own function to round off decimal values without using floor or ceil to reduce the error rate that is the difference between the original average value and the round off average value.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Self Introduction, about my project and my commitment skills were tested
The interview process is good and intresting the hr is friendly and they asked more technical questions and the interview process was good and take more time to interview the candidate whis was the negative drawback
round 1 written test contain aptitude, technical questions such as sql, operating systems and program questions total 40 questions
round 2 technical discussion technical questions are asked
round 3 hr round
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at CEI (Chennai) in Jul 2025
Interview
The selection process includes five rounds: Aptitude and core subjects, 7 DSA problems, two technical interviews focusing on skills and projects, and an HR interview to assess personality, communication, and cultural fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Valid Palindrome
2. Anagram
3. Game of Life
4. Longest common subsequence
5. Coin change