I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Garmin in Aug 2020
Interview
First I had a call with HR, then a technical interview that lasted a few hours. I really liked the fact that they didn't ask questions just to have a "gotcha" moment. All the questions were related to the technologies I used or was going to use on the job. The questions ranged from SQL to .Net framework, .Net Core, webapis, OOP stuff, design patterns, unit testing, linq, javascript, html etc. We've also discussed a little about my previous experience and projects. All in all the interview was very relaxed, they seemed genuinely interested in interviewing me, and everybody was incredibly nice. The entire process took around a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- SQL optimisations
- table indexing purpose
- what's a mutex
- what's a semaphore
- difference between mutex and lock
- questions about TPL
- linq optimisations
- rest stuff
- http vs websocket
- unit + integration testing
- linked lists processing
- design patterns - say as many as you know
You first speak to hr, talk about your resume and experience, normal stuff. The technical started off with basic hr questions and a bit about your resume and experience. Then began to ask basic OOP concepts like Polymorphism, got asked whats difference between pass by reference and pass by value, stuff like that. Then a few coding questions in python.
It was a straight forward interview process, discussed my previous experience, and some general technical questions, and did a programming exercise in a video interview.
A SQL problem and a DSA problem.
I applied online. I interviewed at Garmin (Yarmouth, ME) in Jan 2026
Interview
HR screening was pretty basic. Technical interview was done remotely. There were two people on the call beside myself. Questions were all technical and didn't bleed into any behavioral questions or assessments.