Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Forward with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 20% positive. To compare, the company-average is 35.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 74 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Forward overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Forward as a Software Engineer according to 74 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 27%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 1%
Background check: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Forward in Jul 2023
Interview
I had an introductory call with a senior engineer. It was more of a behaviour call and in the 90% of the duration they asked why did I apply to this company specifically and what other companies am I interviewing. It seems extremely important to them that they're your first choice. If you want to get a job there, research about the company and pander to their ego(but not too much)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did you apply to forward?
How did you get to know about forward?
What other companies have you applied to and why?
Great! Focused system design + average leetcode questions. Behavioral interview was very nice and straightforward. Systems design interview include building a scribe tool for doctors to use. Was more a paired session with the interviewer.
It was pretty normal as far as interviews in tech go for entry level engineers. It felt like they were spending more time selling me on their product than on questioning me. Some standard Leetcode style question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Something about the minimum travel distance on a keyboard grid.
Medium difficulty. Interviewed before the company abruptly shut down. Like the team, did not get many specifics about the business, particularly regarding the care pods. It was a few phone screens and then onsite.