The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Nordstrom (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2015
Interview
I was first contacted by a recruiter and went to on-site in a few days. Had 3 rounds of interviews including behavioral and code on white board. Got offer next day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some behavioral questions. Was asked to write some code on the white board. Also had to pair with another engineer on a laptop to solve real technical problems.
Phone screen followed by a four-interview loop. Phone screen was as you'd expect. Loop consisted of an architecture panel, behavioral, behavioral, then two leetcode-style questions. One of them was based on a sorting algorithm.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked questions based on implementing sorting algorithms
Interview round included 4x45 min loop interview: behavioral, trendsetter, coding, and system design. For the behavioral and trendsetter, I was asked mostly about experiences. My trendsetter got really technical, as I was asked system design questions...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a product you deployed. For the coding round, I received a LC medium.
4 loop interviews: 1st round system design, 2nd round behavioral round, 3rd round Bar raiser, 4th round coding round. Overall, the process was good. I wasn't very well prepared for system design round
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Nordstrom with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 54 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Nordstrom overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Nordstrom as a Software Engineer according to 54 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 12%
Group panel interview: 12%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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