Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Nokia with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 160 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Nokia overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Nokia as a Software Engineer according to 160 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Group panel interview: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
Background check: 9%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 1%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Nokia (Timişoara) in Feb 2026
Interview
The interview process consisted of an initial HR screening followed by a technical interview with members of the engineering team. The discussion covered my previous projects, programming skills, problem-solving approach, and teamwork experience. The interviewers were professional, asked relevant questions, and allowed time for me to ask questions about the role and the team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about a challenging technical problem you solved and how you approached it.
Good, the first interview is basically on personal experience, no major coding, just minor and just conversation. Need to write on paper to explain answer. The interviewer listen to my story of my experience. Have good communication.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about youself, and ask me about how to do good design
They asked about oops, sql queries and two problems to solve, each were easy to moderate level and it was based on arrays and strings, overall experience was average for me. It was face to face interview.
Just an assessment and a 10 minutes interview with the line manager explaining the possition and hear your questions. Basic assessment with simple programming questions and a small code to implement. From the interview site there was no technical questions. No HR people on the call