Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Woodward with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Woodward overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Woodward as a Software Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Phone interview: 21%
Background check: 14%
Drug test: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Skills test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Woodward (Skokie, IL) in Oct 2011
Interview
First contact was a phone interview, which went well and I highly matched all the criteria they were seeking.
A few days later I went in for a live person-to-person interview. Everyone was pleasant and the interview process was nothing to be nervous about - it was very laid back.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
This was a small c function that returns a pointer to a character in a buffer. Find the problem.
This was a challenging question and most people don't get it - including me.
Setup:
There is a UART driver for a 32-bit processor. The tx/rx byte is the most significant byte (MSB) of the 32-bit word at some address, say 0x0400. To write to the UART, place your data byte in the MSB at address 0x0400 and it will be sent. Likewise, to read the received data, read the MSB at address 0x0400.
A struct is created:
struct uartRxTx {
int RxTx : 8;
int DontCare: 24;
} uint32_t;
What is the problem with this?
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Woodward (Fort Collins, CO) in Mar 2025
Interview
First HR interview followed by technical interview. HR is more of explaining position and what are candidates expectations. Technical interview is about the concepts and how would I use it in this role.
It was a great experience, I was asked questions related to my experience and knowledge. There were a number of rounds involving technical and behavioral sessions. The interviewer was very friendly
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about you and your experience regarding this position
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Woodward (Chicago, IL)
Interview
Applied online after school career fair. Heard back ~2 weeks later. Very calm interview. Just the usual questions about projects youve worked on and your preferred coding language. Started with a phone screen and then went on to a phone interview with the project manager for the software group.