Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Columbia Sportswear with 2.5 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 59.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Columbia Sportswear overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Columbia Sportswear as a Software Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 22%
One on one interview: 11%
Skills test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Presentation: 11%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Columbia Sportswear (Taipei) in Nov 2011
Interview
Professor refers me to HR. And I went to the interview meeting. Just ask me some Personality Trait and Career Planning. The HR is very kind. There's no difficult question.
We individually with the competent department in charge of the interview after interview with HR.
I interviewed at Columbia Sportswear (Beaverton, OR)
Interview
Thoughtful questions and an overall pleasant conversation during the interview process. There were a few awkward moments where they didn't seem to have their notes correct about my resume, but would still rate the experience as posiitive
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Common coding questions (arrays, java, etc) then a surprisingly large amount of behavioral analysis
6 interviews total, behavioral, technical, present a former project. Met with business side, tech side, managers. Overall felt like too many interviews. Flanders sucks. Flanders sucks. Flanders sucks. Flanders sucks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard behavioral interview questions:
-Strength
-Weakness
-Conflict
-Making mistakes
I applied through other source. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Columbia Sportswear (Portland, OR) in Jun 2020
Interview
Long and unpredictable until being ghosted. No one could tell me how many rounds of the interview process there would be and what to expect at the next step other than that someone will reach out.