I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Autodesk (San Rafael, CA) in Oct 2010
Interview
I was contacted by corporate recruiter who found my resume on job board. I had 3 phone interviews with them - with recruiter, with PMO person and with the hiring manager/director level. Next step was to be invited for the on-site interview, but I didn't make it. Overall I liked the experience. PMO manager left the best impression on me - asking quiet meaningful questions as opposed to how do you calculate the critical path... her questions were more situational and were testing my common sense. I would definitely love to work with someone like her. Hiring manager was sharp and smart, but little too chatty - which tricked me in being rather chatty as well - MISTAKE. Ended up producing very blurry answer to rather simple question and I think that killed it for me. however, I liked the experience and the people and would love to try to get interviews at Autodesk again. Questions asked were quiet general: describe experience on the projects, followed up by situational questions: how did you deal with ........those are not necessarily difficult questions but it is rather hard to foresee what might be asked and harder to prepare concise answer.. so you will have to be ready to improvise but still keep it short and to the point.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
not very difficult but the one I remember: how do you motivate team members since they don't report to you?
Recruiter was very unprofessional. Came too late and then asked me to rescheduling and I was really surprised how unprofessional he behaved. How must be the company be when even the interview was unprofessional
I interviewed with them for about two months, from HR screening up to panel interview after a time-intensive assignment. ( which does not take 3-4 hours as they suggest, unless you were already very familiar with the AEC industry and their competitors )
During the final review, I was told the team 'moves fast' once they find a fit and to expect an answer within days.
Unfortunately, my follow-ups after one and two weeks were ignored. I eventually received a generic rejection email. When I requested specific feedback—given the two-month time investment and the assignment I had completed—my request was ignored.
While the team seemed nice during the interviews, the lack of transparency and respect for a candidate's time at the finish line was very disappointing.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Autodesk (Vancouver, BC) in Aug 2025
Interview
First, you complete a screening interview with the talent acquisition lead over a video call, who is recording the meeting. After, if they find your skills and experience align with the job description, the transcript of the meeting is sent over to the hiring manager for consideration.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about experience in working with engineering teams to build API's and data architecture.
