Junior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Nokia with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 76% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Junior Software Engineer roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 22 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 Junior Software Engineer according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 22%
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 15%
Phone interview: 13%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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The interview was conducted online and lasted about an hour. It was a live coding session where I was given problems to solve in a shared coding environment. The questions tested both my problem-solving ability and my knowledge of core algorithms and data structures.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Nokia (Dallas, TX) in Mar 2026
Interview
Got an interview with 3 people:
Most of the questions are technical and resume review. They asked about project and technologies I worked with before. 45 minutes video call interview.
I got contacted from hr. Got into an interview with a tech lead or senior dev. Easy interview, questions based on resume projects, egw what is a deadlock, some networking questions and a couple leetcode easy problems such as Fibonacci. And a couple of Python questions
The interview involved a wide range of questions focused on C/C++ language fundamentals and advanced concepts. Toward the end, I was also asked several general operating system questions. Although the atmosphere was friendly, the technical depth made the interview highly demanding, and the pressure felt similar to taking an exam. The interview was conducted onsite