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      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 1, 2023
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at CARFAX in Mar 2023

      Interview

      The interview process in it's entirely was very long between phases, and particularly unfriendly to people with anxiety problems due to the limited time available in the panel coding interview setup, and misleading instructions on how to prep. They also seemed confused as to what position I was even applying for, which felt very odd to me as I was forwarded by their internal recruiter. Interviewing for a full stack position, was given a completely reasonable tech screening (Simple Hackerrank web call example + manipulate object, do the REST API certify test to prep as it's fairly similar) with a very good interviewer. Very enjoyable and lots of good feedback. The proceeding technical panel interview, however, was very irritating, filled with random syntax gotcha questions about irrelevant languages or cloud components that simply were listed on my resume/linkedIn but not used for the position in question (e.g. many random python syntax questions for a Javascript/C# position, or random trivia about why you would use an AWS lambda over some unspecified alternate option when AWS experience was not previously mentioned). The hour-long coding portion was also delayed about 20 minutes, leaving only 35 min + 5 min discussion to actually complete a fairly average coding challenge that was nonetheless (again) not relevant for a full stack position. Technical prep take-away: - Do not list any languages on your resume that you cannot confidently answer trivia questions for off the top of your head. Would I to do it again, I would remove any languages not specifically relevant to the position, or otherwise google common interview questions for any language on the submitted resume. - Don't focus entirely on prep for the specific role, such as API architecture and async web service demos for a full stack position, but rather the generic data structure questions you might find on most leetcode websites.

      Interview questions [4]

      Question 1

      Provide the count of the unique sets contained in a list of ints, given the list and the minimum length. The solution to this would be an implementation of a sliding window problem in your chosen language, or otherwise a simple nested loop.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Please define object oriented programming.
      Answer question

      Question 3

      What is the function of an underscore in python?
      Answer question

      Question 4

      When would you use AWS lambdas (no alternative or use case given, just a general question).
      Answer question
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      Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for CARFAX

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      Oct 3, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
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      Positive experience
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      I interviewed at CARFAX (London, ON)

      Interview

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      Software Engineer Interview

      Aug 19, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
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      Positive experience
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      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.

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      Jun 7, 2025
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      Neutral experience
      Average interview

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      Interview

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      CARFAX interviews FAQs

      • 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%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Regional Account Manager(53) ;
        2. Software Engineer(33) ;
        3. Account Manager(21) ;
        4. Account Executive(17) ;
        5. Product Developer(14) ;
        6. Software Developer(13) ;
        7. Associate Software Engineer(9) ;
        8. Business Data Analyst(9) ;
        9. Field Sales(9) ;
        10. Field Sales Consultant(9) ;
        11. Inside Sales Representative(9) ;
        12. Manager(9) ;
        13. Sales(9) ;
        14. Senior Software Engineer(9) ;
        15. Field Sales Representative(7) .


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