Autodesk Interview Experience (Senior Software Engineer) [Bengaluru] — Nov 2025

📞 Round 0 — Recruiter Screening

My journey started with a brief phone call with the recruiter. We discussed my salary expectations, the role's fit with my background, and some general background information. It was a smooth and straightforward conversation, after which I received an email to schedule my first technical round, which I set for a week later.

🧑‍💻 Round 1 — Coding (CoderPad, 1 hour, 2 interviewers)

This round began with approximately 20 minutes of discussion about my current role, projects I've worked on, challenges I faced, and decisions I made. Following that, we moved on to two coding questions:

• Question 1: A classic LeetCode medium-level stack problem. I solved this quite quickly, in about 10 minutes.
• Question 2: I was asked to imagine a simple filesystem structure composed of 'boxes-within-boxes'. I implemented an iterative solution efficiently. The interviewer then prompted me to improve upon it and consider a recursive approach, but we ran out of time as they wanted to delve into more resume-project related questions.

The final 15 minutes were again dedicated to project discussions. A week later, after a follow-up, I heard back that I had cleared Round 1.

🏛️ Round 2 — System Design & Coding (60 mins, 3 interviewers)

This round had a well-structured flow:

• Resume Q&A (10 mins): A few questions about my experience and the projects I had listed.
• System Design Portion (30 mins): The discussion revolved around two main areas:
  1. How I would design and scale a hypothetical system.
  2. How I would build a specific system on AWS, detailing which AWS components I would use and my rationale.
• Coding (CoderPad, 15 mins): We returned to coding with two questions, both building upon the filesystem problem from Round 1:
  • Question 1: A variation of the Round 1, Question 2, which could be solved iteratively.
  • Question 2: A slight extension of the previous question. These became quite straightforward once I applied my understanding of recursion and tree traversal. The interviewers were very helpful throughout this section.

I completed this round on a Friday, and the following Monday, I received an email inquiring about my availability for the Hiring Manager round.

👥 Round 3 — Behavioural + Hiring Manager (45 mins)

This was a very conversational round. We discussed various aspects:

• Team culture and dynamics.
• My approach to collaboration.
• My decision-making style.
• A few specific questions about my most recent projects.
• How the team operates internally.

There were no tricky questions; the focus was purely on assessing cultural and team fit. I left with a really positive impression of the team. The very next day, the recruiter reached out to inform me that an offer would be extended.