Associate Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Southwest Airlines with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Software Engineer roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 15 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Southwest Airlines overall takes an average of 64 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Southwest Airlines as a Associate Software Engineer according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
Group panel interview: 28%
One on one interview: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Drug test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Background check: 3%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Southwest Airlines (Dallas, TX) in Oct 2023
Interview
Met recruiters at my college STEM fair and gave them my resume. They had me give them their resume and apply online. After I applied, I waited about a month with no word except the recruiter who shared his number with me. After a month, I was contacted via email to schedule first round of the interview via phone. The process then, assuming I passed this round, would be one round of technical interview and the last round of interview. In total, the interview took three days (besides the initial waiting time), with the interviews taking place one day after the other. I was then contacted about a week later about their decision. The recruiters, especially my last interviewers, were really nice and friendly. I asked them about Southwest culture and things they liked about Southwest, especially Halloween, which had just passed, and they had a lot of fun stories
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Question 1
When have you experienced working with people who were difficult to work with.
Panel interview with senior leader from one of the divisions, a manager/consultant on the team, and the recruiter. Overall felt based on vibes with the team and fundamental object oriented programing questions as well as some behavioral ones. Answered most of them correct but was likely denied because I was being nervous/awkward.
Chaotic. The recruiters and interviews seem disorganized. Had to organize the interview twice and they were late to both. Not super difficult interview since its behavioral mixed with technical questions.
I got an email to schedule a 45 minute phone call with a recruiter. Once I passed that round, I got another email to schedule an hour long video call with 5 people who are in the team I was interviewing for.