Software Engineer Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Garmin with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Internship roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Garmin overall takes an average of 28 days.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Garmin (Olathe, KS) in Nov 2025
Interview
I had 1hr behavioral Interview and 1hr technical interview. Behavioral interview was about how I got to know the company, why should the company hire me, and what kind of research experience I had.
Phone screen was a common tell me about yourself and why Garmin. They didn't ask any follow ups on your answered and seemed to just run through the list of the questions they had.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Garmin (Rolla, MO) in Sep 2024
Interview
Had an in-person interview with two managers. They asked a few behavioral questions, technical questions on pointers and operating systems, and finished it with a reverse a string coding assignment in C.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between a mutex and a semaphore?