I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at WD (Irvine, CA) in Apr 2018
Interview
They flew me out and offered to pay for my hotel and food and transportation which was nice. There were four 30 minute interviews that started off talking about my experiences then they asked me some technical questions before answering any questions I had. Overall this was a really good experience.
Very rushed interview. 10 mins phone screen and 1 hour technical panel. Lack of updates and slow response time from team. Recruiter does not communicate, only sends emails for interview time.
I applied online. I interviewed at WD (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
Email correspondence. One-hour long technical interview where they gave you a coding challenge and ask about your thought process (flexible on syntax, you can choose your language). Very nice interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you improve this design of this program you wrote?
I applied online. I interviewed at WD (Fremont, CA)
Interview
Different team has different process. For me, I got and hr reach-out email, then a first round coding interview, then a final round back-to-back interview with teammembers, manager and skip.