I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Forterra (Clarksburg, MD) in Sep 2025
Interview
Applied through a recruiter, after a phone screening with him. First interview was with a technical guy and project manager. Technical questions were too simple, not corresponding to the position, really it wasn't real technical interview - anyone with basic programming knowledge would pass it. Then common questions with the manager in very friendly manner. Three weeks later I was informed that they would like to proceed with an on-site interview at the Clarksburg facility. These were simply friendly conversations with various specialists from their project, some general questions, plus a tour of their production facilities (it was cool place). They said they would contact me. A month later, I received a letter of rejection. Overall, a good experience. I would like to say that it wasn't so much a technical interview, rather an attempt to understand how well the engineer would fit into their team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to write very simple filter for sequence of sensor values.
Gave an interview of what they were doing and looking for. Wanted to know how well I knew C++. Mentioned that they were mainly academics in the unmanned vehicle group and they were looking for software engineers that knew C++.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Program a BFS (Breadth-First) path finding problem.