Toyota SWE Hiring Process - Breakdown

Finished full Toyota North America loop and didnt find much info on it while prepping throughout the whole process. So here's what i went through in case it helps anyone else in the future 🫡 Role was

Finished full Toyota North America loop and didnt find much info on it while prepping throughout the whole process. So here's what i went through in case it helps anyone else in the future 🫡 Role was for Software Engineer (mid-level) with Toyota Financial Services BU in Plano, TX (hybrid). Timeline was \~1.5 months. Online Assessment - CodeSignal custom OA (2 week deadline, 1.5 hr time limit, non-proctored) * 3 coding questions (2 LC meds, 1 easy; topics were backtracking, sliding window, and linked lists) * 2 writing questions (one was a conceptual database question, other one was based on an AWS scenario) HR Phone screen (30min) * Checked my alignment with role, q&a * Next interview scheduled shortly afterwards Online Technical interview w/ the Hiring Manager via MS Teams (45min) * Asked 6-7 questions to describe my technical experiences, some were STAR-style, then q&a * Invited to onsite 2 days later Onsite (3 hours) * Had about 1.5 weeks to prepare. It consisted of 3 rounds, 1 hour each * Behavioral round: w/ a different hiring manager. was told by recruiter to expect STAR-style questions based on Toyota Way Values, but ended up getting 7-8 situational questions instead. I handled them well so it was fine, i just would have prepped differently had i known earlier. so i would say the format is entirely dependent on the interviewer. there was also q&a at the end * System Design round: w/ a sr software engineer. whiteboarded an application-focused design that's financial related (ie. bank/payment systems), then q&a * Live Coding round: w/ another sr software engineer. was given a laptop and they live proctor another CodeSignal OA, it was 2 LC easys on math and arrays, then q&a My prep materials: * Neetcode Blind 75 for OA & live coding * Hello Interview for system design What i brought to the onsite: * Padfolio w/ resume copies and list of questions * Owala water bottle (def needed that) * Pen & dry erase marker (believe it or not, there were no dry erase markers in my conference room, so it actually came in clutch!) Got the offer. Overall, I had a positive experience, not especially difficult either. FWIW, they're on a hiring spree right now for non-entry level SWEs. Good luck to anyone else that applies to their roles! Edit: formatting Edit 2: Bg is BS + 4 YOE Edit 3: Realized some of my bullets got deleted?