Research Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Huawei Technologies with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Engineer roles take an average of 44 days to get hired, when considering 15 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Huawei Technologies overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Huawei Technologies as a Research Engineer according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
Presentation: 21%
Group panel interview: 13%
One on one interview: 11%
Skills test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 3%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Huawei Technologies
Interview
First Step: Phone interview, asked what I did in my thesis. We had some discussions on standards, OFDM etc. It was a short interview, 30 min only
Second step: On site interview. I presented my summary of research. They asked questions on the work I did. I met in total a 5/6 engineers there. They asked critical questions on my work. Such as justify your assumptions, how it would work if employed in LTE etc.? At a later stage, they asked about MIMO.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of them were based on my thesis. Some questions were based on coding and decoding, that needed me some time to explain
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Huawei Technologies (Markham, ON) in Jun 2026
Interview
the interview process basically have 4 rounds
- 2 technical interviews. The first round includes the coding assessment
- HR qualification interview
- Final interview.
I passed the first round and they moved me to the qualification round directly. The first interview lasts 1 hour. I started by telling about myself in 2-3 mins, then I had 30 mins to solve a coding problem. The problem is not hard. Next 10-15 minutes, I have a short presentation about the project that I am working on and answer some questions from them.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Huawei Technologies (Vancouver, BC)
Interview
Had two rounds of AI and Infra. Interview questions were about basic AI compute, models, LLM. Interviews were scheduled at odd hours, and includes folks from both Canada and China.
the interview process is team dependent but overall i received 1 intro interview, 1 coding test which i did ona share screen call, 1 technical interview. whole process moved pretty fast