Junior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Nokia with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Junior Software Engineer roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 21 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Nokia overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Nokia as a Junior Software Engineer according to 21 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 21%
One on one interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 14%
Phone interview: 12%
Presentation: 12%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
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There was a technical interview with questions about C++ and OOP in general, not very complicated.
If you pass it, there will be a second one with the HR, which was very nice, the interviewer was very friendly and asks about your soft skills, your projects and how you developed them, your motivations
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the technical interview you must know about OOP in C++ and pointers
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Nokia (Dallas, TX) in Mar 2026
Interview
Got an interview with 3 people:
Most of the questions are technical and resume review. They asked about project and technologies I worked with before. 45 minutes video call interview.
I got contacted from hr. Got into an interview with a tech lead or senior dev. Easy interview, questions based on resume projects, egw what is a deadlock, some networking questions and a couple leetcode easy problems such as Fibonacci. And a couple of Python questions
The interview involved a wide range of questions focused on C/C++ language fundamentals and advanced concepts. Toward the end, I was also asked several general operating system questions. Although the atmosphere was friendly, the technical depth made the interview highly demanding, and the pressure felt similar to taking an exam. The interview was conducted onsite