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.
Average interview
Application
I applied through university. I interviewed at Garmin
Interview
Started when I first met people from Garmin at my college career fair, applied with their online application, got an email from a recruiter in their main office to begin interview process
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about basic concepts like OOP and data structures, some about OS concepts (mainly just basic screening stuff)
I applied through 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.
Process took about a month. Recruiter was slow getting back to me but interview process was alright. The interviewers were friendly and mainly focused on problem solving and how you think through your code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In Swift, implement a function that takes an array of integers representing the total distance covered each second, and returns the average in seconds per kilometer.
Explain code snippets
Finish the function type of questions
All in swift