I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at CARFAX
Interview
She called me on my cellphone, the phone call with the recruiter was great, was very friendly, I was myself, I got a video call with the manager for the day after
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about yourself? tell me about the projects that I was involved
They provide feedbacks which might be useful .Regarding the interview procedure, I think in some cases they jump into conclusion and make decisions base on those which might not be the real case.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at CARFAX in Jul 2025
Interview
I got a phone interview with Technical Lead then next round was with Two hiring managers. They asked me questions from my resume and some scenario based questions, they explained about role and what skills are required for that role.
One day of three interviews. Each interview had 2 people from the company.
The first two interviews were with engineers and consisted of coding challenges. Third one was with managers.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at CARFAX 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 73.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 25 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at CARFAX overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at CARFAX as a Software Engineer according to 25 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 23%
One on one interview: 13%
Skills test: 12%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Background check: 7%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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