I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Fastenal (Bengaluru) in Jul 2021
Interview
Its was on campus. One day selection process.
first there was ppt
then they took an online test of 1.15 hours comprises of 75 mcq from all core subjects including coding languages and one coding questions.
Then the sortlisted candidates were ask for an tencnical interview .
But the worst situation happened there. They took all the candidates who interviewed early then suddenly closed the drive without informing any of the sortlisted candidates. Such a unprofessional behavious. All the students who has given interview was waitting till next day morning. Later TAP told us they stopped the drive because they got all.
atlest we deserve a mail that why they couldn't continue with us. they just left.
Phone interview with HR - this was a quick call going over skills, virtual interview with IT staff member - this was a typical interview, then in person interview with hiring manager and another staff member. Last two interviews were behavioral
Interview was for a fresher role, there was a lack of transparency on hiring criteria, wasn't able to answer few questions but managed to answer majority of it. Interviewer was chill , OA round was easy medium leetcode and cs fundamentals
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Object oriented programming, c++ questions and more focused on sql queries
5min phone screening call with hr. Kinda weird, that we only need to make call to a particular number, Idk what they will find out just from that 5 min call
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Fastenal interviews FAQs
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Fastenal with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Fastenal overall takes an average of 12 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Fastenal as a Software Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Background check: 18%
Phone interview: 18%
Drug test: 18%
Group panel interview: 11%
Personality test: 7%
Presentation: 4%
Skills test: 4%
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