I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Garmin (Brea, CA) in Nov 2024
Interview
First was a phone screen with a recruiter who asked about experience and behavioral questions. Then the next round was a technical interview with two engineers who had me code a solution to a problem.
Quick phone call asking the regular questions like tell me about yourself, why Garmin, etc. Then the coding interview, which in my personal opionion it was hard. They had all different types of coding problems, and unfortunately I got the hardest one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself, classes, why garmin, experience.
I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Garmin (Olathe, KS)
Interview
1st round was a brief screening interview with HR, over the phone, ~20 minutes.
2nd round was a technical interview with engineering team lead. Done over MS Teams. About 1 hour. Questions about past projects, technical quiz questions, and two brief real-time coding problems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Garmin?
Describe past projects
Describe a time you had to show integrity and choose to do the right thing
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Garmin in May 2025
Interview
Terrible. I've interviewed here twice now. The HR department will ghost you and the interviews themselves contain lots of frivolous questions. It's clear they don't respect their applicants very much at all. Very unprofessional.