Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Dyson with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 43 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Dyson overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Dyson as a Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Personality test: 18%
Group panel interview: 9%
Skills test: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Phone interview: 9%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Dyson (Malmesbury, England)
Interview
Online written questions (Why do you want to work for Dyson etc)
Online video interview through HireVue, asking for examples of when you've worked well in teams, how do you adapt to situations.
Online Coding interview. 2 Questions: first was a warm up (which I ashamed myself in as I forgot python's built in functions) of converting a hex to a dec. Could choose any language. Second was a puzzle solving question, didn't finish the solution but was able to explain my thought process and how I would have solved it (if I had more time) at the end of the coding section.
In-person assessment day: first half was group work programming the dyson robot vacuum using a block language (similar to scratch). Had to attempt to complete 3 different puzzles such as navigating through gaps in walls. Really fun exercise, assessors assured us at the start that it was not a competition between applicants, so we didn't have to compete against one another for the job roles.
Second half was individual interviews with one or more engineers, presenting a personal project, and other tech related questions. Not a technical interview in the sense of solving problems (sorting algo's, search algo's, data structures etc) on the fly on a whiteboard. Felt more like a conversation than an interrogation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked about when I took lead in a project in university, and how did my decision affect the outcome.
It starts with Behavioural questions and situational questions
Then Technical questions - leetcode Medium difficulty, logic and efficiency data structured question
There is a strong emphasis on logical thinking and data structure understanding during the technical.
Nice and engaging interviewers, asks questions that challenges the daily work in the company, however hard to get through resume PR screening since HR chooses resume based off JD priovided, which could be inaccurate sometimes
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Dyson (Manila, Manila) in Sep 2023
Interview
Panel interview. Mostly about yourself, past experience.
There's also a technical question. Need to check if there is a wrong part in the function. Then you will explain why and what is the correct implementation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your favorite project (previous work or personal)?