I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at John Deere (Urbandale, IA) in Mar 2013
Interview
The hiring manager called me for a 20 minute quick screening. The screening was focused on whether we understood what each of us wanted. I then later had a on-campus panel interview: hiring manager and 2 other technical managers. The panel was focused purely on situational questions, "Tell me a time when...?" Second half of the on-campus interview was a pair programming exercise with a tech lead. The purpose was to see if I can actually code and do so in an agile way.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would prevent you from accepting this position?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at John Deere in Feb 2026
Interview
Telephone Round - Focus is on basics. Applied for a backend position. 20 minute discussion. The questions started from the previous projects and fundamental questions from them. Hard stop at 20 minutes in between the discussion
2 rounds
One pure technical one managerial fairly easy rounds
Easy question such as pattern printing or two sum they usually avoid hard dsa question such as graph dp
Be clear with words that’s it
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at John Deere
Interview
The interviewer was looking for a full-stack developer, but they shortlisted me despite my experience being only in frontend development. He asked some questions about backend, then abruptly said they were looking for someone with both frontend and backend experience, and ended the call. If that was the requirement, they shouldn't have shortlisted me for the interview in the first place. Overall a very unprofessional experience
