I interviewed at siemens SGI project - I interviewed at Siemens SGI recently. The first round was very good — well-structured, technical, and focused on evaluating actual coding ability. The interviewer tested medium-level DSA, coding skills, and deeper conceptual understanding, which felt fair and relevant.
However, the second round (F2F) felt quite unorganized. The questions were random and lacked structure. A system-design style question was given, but it was actually at an LLD level on a whiteboard, without any clear use-case, functional requirements, or domain context. This made it unclear what exactly they were expecting.
Some questions felt like they wanted very specific, pre-expected answers rather than understanding the candidate’s overall engineering ability. There was very little focus on real C++ application-level concepts or practical development scenarios.
Finally, the feedback stated that I “did not meet the C++ skill for my experience,” which was surprising because the questions asked did not actually evaluate core modern C++ development skills in a structured manner.
Overall, the first round was professional, but the second round lacked clarity and consistency in evaluation.