Motorola Solutions (public-safety radios, Avigilon video, CommandCentral SaaS; Chicago HQ) runs lightweight, low-round loops that read more like an industrial employer than a big-tech shop. Corporate/finance intern hiring in Chicago is often a single behavioral chat plus an HR screen; SWE new-grad hiring in Chicago/UIUC pipes candidates through a phone screen and a technical panel with coding but no FAANG-style bar-raiser; UK/EMEA candidates report loose, sometimes disorganised processes (interviewed for a different role than applied). It is NOT Motorola Mobility (Lenovo phones), and interview writeups for the phone business are irrelevant and were rejected.
These 8 writeups cover software engineering, finance, operations and other roles. All of them were posted under a pseudonym (Reddit, GeeksforGeeks or forum handles), so we could not verify the authors’ identities.
Typical rounds
1.51-2 range
Outcomes shared
4/0offer / not
Most common round
Phone screen
Sources span
2020 - 2025
Most frequently reported · Behavioral(8), Past projects(4), Resume deep-dive(3), Data structures & algorithms(2)
What Motorola Solutions is hiring for now
885 open roles in our index · advertised pay floors run $75k-$120k (median $90k, from 388 postings that state pay).
Confirmed by a prior interviewee that the UIUC Research Park SWE-intern loop includes a coding technical component alongside behavioral/STAR questions.
Covered · Data structures & algorithms, Behavioral
C# Engineer (applied) / Test Engineer (interviewed for)
Experienced
Outcome not shared1 round
1
Interview (role mismatch)Technical
Candidate applied for a C# engineering role but was interviewed for a test-engineering role instead; a follow-up phone-screen was scheduled, the candidate missed a call and never heard back.
Two weeks later, an on-site with a three-person panel (non-HR, from the hiring team) built around a candidate-prepared presentation covering Excel skills and prior projects. Poster noted the panel did not seem well-prepared to interview.
What is the interview process like at Motorola Solutions?
Motorola Solutions (public-safety radios, Avigilon video, CommandCentral SaaS; Chicago HQ) runs lightweight, low-round loops that read more like an industrial employer than a big-tech shop. Corporate/finance intern hiring in Chicago is often a single behavioral chat plus an HR screen; SWE new-grad hiring in Chicago/UIUC pipes candidates through a phone screen and a technical panel with coding but no FAANG-style bar-raiser; UK/EMEA candidates report loose, sometimes disorganised processes (interviewed for a different role than applied). It is NOT Motorola Mobility (Lenovo phones), and interview writeups for the phone business are irrelevant and were rejected.
What topics does Motorola Solutions test in interviews?
Commonly reported topics include Behavioral, Resume deep-dive, Past projects, Data structures & algorithms, Excel modeling, STAR stories.
These guides summarize public, first-hand interview experiences shared by candidates. They describe the shape of each loop and the topics that came up, not a leaked question bank, and every experience links back to its original source. Processes change often; treat this as directional prep, not a script.