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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Phoenix, Arizona

September 1, 2017
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had two interviews back to back. One was a behavioral question, and the rest were technical/trick questions.

The interview was pretty chill.

I am still waiting for a response. They only want to see if you are competent.

This was only the first interview, and I haven't heard back yet about the second one.

Questions

How can you rearrange "redo now" to spell one word? (trick question)

What is the difference between class methods and variables and instance methods and variables?

What is the angle between the hour and minute hand when it is 3:15?

What is a key in a database? (there are two: unique keys and foreign keys) (I had no idea there were database questions)

Describe a database to your 8-year-old nephew in 3 sentences.

Tell me about yourself and why do you want to work for American Express.

Describe how your phone connects to a backend.

Explain what inheritance is.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the American Express Software Engineer (Internship) role in Phoenix, Arizona.

Success Rate

50%
Pass Rate

American Express's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Phoenix, Arizona is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive80%
Neutral10%
Negative10%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for American Express's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Phoenix, Arizona.

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