Principal Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Autodesk with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 14% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Principal Software Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Autodesk overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Autodesk as a Principal Software Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 20%
Group panel interview: 15%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
2 system design, 1 coding, 1 hiring manager.
System design focussed on standard questions (design a room reservation system and a messenger).
The coding interview was very simple.
Hiring manager screen involved digging deeper into the past experience.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Autodesk (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2025
Interview
Recruiter round - HM round - technical screen round.
The process is frustrating and very slow. I had to follow up with the recruiter and a scheduler at every stage.
It took them 2 -3 weeks to get back from each round. After stringing me along for 6 weeks and repeatedly requesting for next steps they rejected me without any feedback.
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Question 1
Usual tech recruiter round and HM questions. Everyone was extremely disorganized and had no clue about the position. They kept saying this is a new position and they're figuring out stuff.