I applied through college or university. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Jacobs (Hyderābād) in Feb 2025
Interview
the interview was almost average. Technical round was bit long than expected. Otherwise gd round and all was super fine as smooth as per the participants. The overall interview went well.
Recruiter screen > Panel interview
Pretty straightforward and the actual interview was easy. Pure behavioral questions and only a few questions on OOP. Got rejection email about 2 months later
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What kind of projects have you contributed to ? How do you handle conflicts when building in a team?
Quite an easy process: a simple coding task and a simple system design question. It's good to know how to operate on streams and know message brokers. Would recommend taking part in it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cache problem with application.
Write easy coding task and test it using unit tests
I had a first stage half hour chat, followed by a two hour conversation with technical and behavioural questions. I had met the person interviewing me at a conference, and overall it was friendly,
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Jacobs with 2.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 15 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Jacobs overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Jacobs as a Software Engineer according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 18%
Phone interview: 18%
Skills test: 15%
Background check: 13%
Drug test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
One on one interview: 5%
Other: 3%
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