SDE Intern at AutoDesk
- Difficulty
- Process took
- 1-2 Weeks
- Rounds
- 4
- Format
- Remote
- Applied via
- Other
How it went
- Stay calm and honest during the interviews. If you don’t know something, it's okay to admit it and try to reason it out. Be very clear when explaining your projects and problem-solving approaches. Good communication matters as much as coding.
What they would tell you
- Stay calm and honest during the interviews. If you don’t know something, it's okay to admit it and try to reason it out. Be very clear when explaining your projects and problem-solving approaches. Good communication matters as much as coding.
How to prepare
- I focused mainly on strengthening my DSA through LeetCode, especially problems on arrays, strings, and linked lists. I also revised my CS fundamentals like DBMS, OS, CN, and SQL because these were asked in my interviews. Apart from coding, I prepared to talk confidently about my projects, especially NotesNeo, as it helped me stand out.
Their background
I'm a final-year Computer Science student actively building projects to help students through platforms like NotesNeo (a notes-sharing platform) and NeoCode (a coding practice platform). I have hands-on experience with the MERN stack, Data Structures & Algorithms, and core CS subjects like DBMS, OS, CN, and SQL.
Round by round
- 1
Online Coding Test (CodeSignal)60 min
The process started with an online coding test on CodeSignal. It was strictly proctored. The test had 4 DSA questions, mostly around strings and arrays, all presented in story-based formats. I managed to solve 2 questions fully which helped me get shortlisted.
- 2
Technical Interview Round 1 (DSA Focused)40 min
After clearing the test, my first technical round was scheduled on Google Meet. The interviewer was friendly. After a short intro about myself and my projects, they gave me two coding problems live, Longest Palindromic Substring and Detect Cycle in Linked List. I solved the second one smoothly but struggled a bit with the first. I made sure to explain my thought process clearly and gave a brute force solution in the code editor as that time i haven't done DP.
- 3
Technical Interview Round 2 (Core CS + Projects)60 min
This round focused more on CS fundamentals like OS (deadlock, paging), DBMS, CN (OSI layers), Git, APIs, AWS basics, SQL and some basic AI/ML knowledge. I also explained NotesNeo in depth, the problem it solves, the tech I used (MERN), and how it's helping students. This round was about how well I understand what I’ve worked on.
- 4
Final HR / Behavioral Round10 min
The final round was casual, focused on behavioral questions: how I prioritize tasks, deal with challenges in projects, and how I manage time and team communication. Communication mattered more than technical here. Everything was going smoothly until the HR who initially recruited us, Krishna Chaturvedi, suddenly left Autodesk, or maybe fired. We were supposed to receive our offer letters by September 25th, but instead, my college TPO received a rejection mail from Autodesk Singapore mentioning something about an "unauthorized offer" from that HR. This left us completely shocked and disappointed. It felt unfair because we had cleared all rounds.
What came up
A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.