I applied in-person. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Fastenal in May 2020
Interview
I had two interviews both in person. Questions were situational and did not have any coding questions. Mostly explaining previous projects I have worked on before and in college and what challenges I faced.
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
Developer 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% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Developer 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 Developer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Drug test: 18%
Background check: 18%
Phone interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 11%
Personality test: 7%
Presentation: 4%
Skills test: 4%
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