Autodesk Software Engineer interview with shifting expectations

The process began reasonably but became confusing when it mattered. In a coding round, I solved a straightforward problem, yet the expectations kept changing. After I had a working solution, the interviewer shifted the problem and pushed toward more abstract architecture improvements without explaining the criteria. It felt as if a particular end state was expected instead of an open engineering…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jul 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.