R&D Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Keysight Technologies with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for R&D Software Engineer roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Keysight Technologies overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Keysight Technologies as a R&D Software Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 16%
Group panel interview: 16%
Phone interview: 16%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 13%
Background check: 10%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 3%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Keysight Technologies (Lake Village, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
It was a long interview process which stretched of a period of 2 months. However, I found the process to be good and it encompassed a lot of aspects of the position I was applying for. I was invited of a 30-45 minute phone interview. Then was called for an onsite interview which lasted 7 hours with 6 or 7 rounds of the interview. Then I was given a coding exercise comprising of two questions and code review session which lasted for over an hour.
It was a one hour interview with half and half behavioral and technical. In general, the questions weren't hard, but I put "difficult" for interview difficulty because they showed me a graph and asked how I would write a program that calculates its cutoff frequency. I didn't have to write the code, but basically talk them through my approach. Also, they asked a lot of core concepts of CS questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the four core principles of computer science?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Keysight Technologies (Austin, TX) in Feb 2025
Interview
First was a phone screening round with the hiring manager where most questions were behavioral and gauging my interest in the company and the field. In the second round, I had to talk about myself and then they asked a coding question in c.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you reverse the bits of a 32 bit number in the most efficient way possible?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Keysight Technologies (Colorado Springs, CO) in Jan 2025
Interview
First round 1 hour phone screen followed by 3 more rounds, 2 technical 1 behavioral. Phone screen asked some behavioral questions after the first few basic questions, as well as a basic coding question.