I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Cougaar Software (Fairfax, VA) in May 2021
Interview
Company gave a very peculiar interview assignment, that was copied verbatim from a website that sells the solutions to computer science homework problems. A complete lack of feedback on the desired interview assignment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Modified word search - provided a dictionary text file and a word-search puzzle text file, find the five highest-scoring words in the puzzle.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cougaar Software (Fairfax, VA) in Dec 2019
Interview
First I took a simple three pages paper test.
Then two of their Software engineers reviewed my answers and asked my opinion about my answers as they were more algorithms wise.
Then CEO and HR came to the conference room and asked me to present something to them and show them my teaching ability.
At the end CEO asked HR to leave the room and ask my rate expectation.
He was very rude and told me as you are currently unemployed, you have no choice except our offer!!!
he started 20K lower than my last pay!!!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Three pages technical questions.
Showing my Presentation and teaching skills.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cougaar Software (Tysons Corner, VA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Called up for 1:1 interview. Gave 30 minutes written test.Tech lead and Software Engineer took one interview. Two Principle Engineer together took one interview. Chief Architect took one interview. CEO/President took one interview
