I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Nordstrom (Los Angeles, CA) in Dec 2019
Interview
1st interview in September with an on-campus recruiter. Went well, just behavioral questions.
2nd interview - 1 month later in October. HireVue interview that was 2 timed coding questions and 5 behavioral ones. Watch out, although the 1st coding question is 60 minutes long, the last one for me (question 7 too) was only 15 minutes long. Practice the behavioral ones beforehand, you only get one take, but the practice questions they have for you should suffice.
3rd interview- I really didn’t think I was ever going to hear back since one of my coding solutions for my 2nd interview didn’t work properly (but they cared about my logic and reasoning far more and they give you a chance to explain yourself!). Heard back a month later around Thanksgiving and had my in person interview scheduled for around December 2nd. Interviewed with a senior engineer over a live HireVue interview, didn’t fly out or interview at an HQ because it was finals week. Lots of good behavioral questions about dealing with issues from people. 1 coding question of easy-medium difficulty about creating an object/class that functioned very dynamically.
Heard back 3 days later with an offer through a phone call!
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Why Nordstrom Engineering and not Amazon/Microsoft?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Nordstrom (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2024
Interview
It was really good! I sat down with two interviewers and went through both a short behavioral and technical round. They were both very nice and supportive throughout the interview.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Nordstrom (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Interview, tech screen, another interview with tech screen. I dropped out of the process due to another offer before getting through the second tech screen, but the first tech screen was a straightforward interview question and several behavioral questions.
I went to a presentation at a conference or job fair where they discussed that they prioritize making their interview process satisfactory for candidates so they will recommend the process to their friends.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a straightforward algorithmic question. I don't remember the exact question, but it was something that would be covered by studying general algorithms.
There was a phone screen first and then there was a pair coding interview programming in front of two people. The process overall was smooth and the team was very transparent and responsive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Programming Assignment around the level of a leetcode Easy/Medium
Software Engineer(Internship) 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 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 28 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(Internship) according to 28 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 23%
One on one interview: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 10%
Other: 10%
Background check: 5%
Skills test: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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