I applied online. I interviewed at AVL (Graz) in Dec 2019
Interview
After sending an online application, I received feedback on my application after a month and I was told they'd schedule a telephonic interview. On the day of telephonic interview, I was called by the HR only to reschedule the phone screen to which I obliged. Post the phone screen interview, I was contacted a month later to schedule a onsite interview (tech + HR) in the coming month (3 weeks to be precise). On the actual interview day, I waited in the lobby for an hour and it was when I was told that the technical hiring manager was on leave and I was asked to walk to an another office for my HR interview!. Waited in the other office for about 30 min. HR interview was good. I got back to my city after the interview. 7 weeks post the HR interview I received an email in which the HR who I was in contact with mentioned that the department doesn't want to invite me for another personal interview. With one email all my hopes came crashing down. I never thought the hiring process at a company as big as AVL could be so unprofessional and unethical!
All these events happened in a span of 5 months.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are your strong points and weak points?
How do you imagine your ideal workplace?
Are you willing to learn German?
I applied online. I interviewed at AVL (Coventry, England) in Dec 2025
Interview
The 1st round via MS Teams about my CV and my relevant experience.
The 2nd round in person was a technical interview, focusing on the basics of different types of powertrains. This was more of a quiz than a technical discussion.
Job advertised as Hybrid and based in Coventry. Neither of these things are true. Fully on-site and based at a 'customer' office. They wouldn't say where exactly that was, which made it difficult to know what my commute would be... very odd
They ghosted me after the final interview, which is very unprofessional. It has been well over a month and never heard back, but they have re-posted the job :/
I have received a case study and the technical subjects of the interview before the interview. The interviewer were consisted on a HR partner and a Team Lead. HR partner was very kind and encouraging. Team Lead has given the impression that he has a good experience. In overall, it was a nice interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the control units in a vehicle and how do they communicate?
Very friendly and polite people who interviewed me. Nice to talk with them. Great experience. I would definitely do it again. No worries about that for sure. Recommend AVL for everyone to get in touch and search for a job.
