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      Software Engineer Interview

      26 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at McMaster-Carr

      Interview

      3 out of my 4 interviews were pleasant. But my "Director Interview" was unprofessional and hurtful. The entire time, their company’s director spoke to me with an arrogant and condescending tone. He would ask rapid fire questions about technical aspects of the McMaster website and my past experiences. At times I would stumble on an answer or get stuck, and he would smirk at me as if he thought I was stupid. He asked about some of my past experiences on my resume, and after I answered, he would go out of his way to mock and minimize my contributions. He'd follow up with, "so you JUST did " and "what is the technical complexity here?" with a smirk on his face. It's hard to articulate his body language and mannerisms in writing, but I've never felt so disrespected in an interview before. Perhaps I didn't have the skill set that McMaster was looking for, but you can determine this politely without demeaning me. I took a vacation day and drove 150 miles for this interview; if I knew I'd be treated this way by their company's leadership, I would've cancelled. Please keep these thoughts in mind when you determine if you'd like to interview with McMaster. All I can say is that I’m not surprised 50% of software engineers have a negative interview experience according to Glassdoor.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      8 Jan 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Elmhurst, IL
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at McMaster-Carr (Elmhurst, IL) in Jan 2026

      Interview

      The entire process was initial recruiter screen, then share a project with recruiter, then a technical interview (though pure discussion not coding) with an engineer, and then a final full day of on site interviews. The impression I got culture wise is that it’s a good place to grow but a bit of a pressure cooker and you really always need to be on your a-game and show you have lots of drive otherwise you can get laid off. All the interviewers were nice, though it seems like the final day coding interview really harps on web-dev, so if you don’t have knowledge there it will probably not go super well.

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      Question 1

      Tell us about this project. How did you take ownership of it? What struggles did you have and how did you overcome them?
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      Software Engineer Interview

      11 Nov 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at McMaster-Carr

      Interview

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