I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cox Automotive (Irvine, CA) in Mar 2017
Interview
I applied through college career fair. I had two rounds of phone interview.
First Round (around 30 min):
This was an introductory call wherein the HR lady asked me to introduce myself and then told me about the company, role and their products. At the end of the call she found my skills well aligned to the job profile and hence asked to schedule a second round on interview.
Second Round(1:30 hr):
This was with 3 team leads from different domains. They asked me wide range of questions ranging from OS concepts, basic Algorithms and data structures, Big data concepts, Java questions, object oriented scenario based questions, SQL. There was also a significant discussion on my resume and the projects that I have done.
All in all, the second round was a bit unorganized. They were randomly asking me questions and they seem to be unprepared. The interview went very well, I answered most of the questions but didn't her back at all.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cox Automotive (Atlanta, GA) in Oct 2025
Interview
The process started with an initial phone call with the recruiter, followed by a short conversation with the hiring manager about the role and my background. After that, I was invited onsite to the Atlanta campus for a panel interview with three team members, two Principal Engineers and one Senior Software Engineer.
The onsite included two medium-level LeetCode-style coding questions. The interview itself went really well, and I was told afterward that I had passed and they intended to move forward. However, communication afterward was very slow. My original recruiters were laid off due to budget issues, and after waiting about 5.5 weeks with no updates, I called my new recruiter and was told they had decided to move forward with another candidate.
Overall, the interview experience was positive and the engineers were great, but the recruiting communication felt unorganized and stale, especially since updates only came after I reached out several weeks later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
OOPS Concepts, 2 Leetcode Medium Questions, and White board system design question
A meeting with a recruiter early on. A call back later for a final interview onsite at the location. The onsite contained both a behavioral and technical stage with different managers across the different teams
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a time you took initiative to optimize a process/project workflow?
the interview consisted of one phone screen with the recruiter, and then 2 in person rounds. one technical and one behavioral. They were pretty basic questions. The technical included lots of OOP concepts.