American Express

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Tempe, Arizona

December 1, 2018

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I interviewed with two different software engineers.

After having some difficulties with one of the interview questions, the interviewer was clearly uninterested in anything else I had to say.

The second interviewer even walked out in the middle of me solving a problem.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the American Express Software Engineer (Internship) role in Tempe, Arizona.

Success Rate

25%

Pass Rate

American Express's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Tempe, Arizona is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive75%

Neutral0%

Negative25%

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

American Express Work Experiences

Great company to work for

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

January 9, 2017

Pros: Great company culture and excellent flexibility on working hours and job role.

Cons: Large corporations can sometimes get lost in a big machine.

Great company to work for

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

January 9, 2017

Pros: Great company culture and excellent flexibility on working hours and job role.

Cons: Large corporations can sometimes get lost in a big machine.

Good, but not great for your tech career

Software Engineer II • Former Employee

Tempe, Arizona, United States

Pros: 1. Flexible work schedule 2. Huge focus on diversity 3. You're working for a huge banking company

Cons: 1. Promotions can be slow. 2. Technology is so far behind. 3. DX is lacking. 4. You’re probably going to be paid $20k-$60k below market. 5. You could possibly be working 50+ hours a week but paid for 40.

Good, but not great for your tech career

Software Engineer II • Former Employee

Tempe, Arizona, United States

Pros: 1. Flexible work schedule 2. Huge focus on diversity 3. You're working for a huge banking company

Cons: 1. Promotions can be slow. 2. Technology is so far behind. 3. DX is lacking. 4. You’re probably going to be paid $20k-$60k below market. 5. You could possibly be working 50+ hours a week but paid for 40.

Good work-life balance

Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

December 17, 2023

Pros: Great team culture, with good learning and development opportunities.

Cons: Compensation is lower than competitors, and virtual work is not preferred.

Good work-life balance

Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

December 17, 2023

Pros: Great team culture, with good learning and development opportunities.

Cons: Compensation is lower than competitors, and virtual work is not preferred.

Great company to work for

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

January 9, 2017

Pros: Great company culture and excellent flexibility on working hours and job role.

Cons: Large corporations can sometimes get lost in a big machine.

5.0
Great company to work for
Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
January 9, 2017
Pros: Great company culture and excellent flexibility on working hours and job role.
Cons: Large corporations can sometimes get lost in a big machine.

Good, but not great for your tech career

Software Engineer II • Former Employee

Tempe, Arizona, United States

Pros: 1. Flexible work schedule 2. Huge focus on diversity 3. You're working for a huge banking company

Cons: 1. Promotions can be slow. 2. Technology is so far behind. 3. DX is lacking. 4. You’re probably going to be paid $20k-$60k below market. 5. You could possibly be working 50+ hours a week but paid for 40.

4.0
Good, but not great for your tech career
Software Engineer II • Former Employee
Tempe, Arizona, United States
April 1, 2021
Pros: 1. Flexible work schedule 2. Huge focus on diversity 3. You're working for a huge banking company
Cons: 1. Promotions can be slow. 2. Technology is so far behind. 3. DX is lacking. 4. You’re probably going to be paid $20k-$60k below market. 5. You could possibly be working 50+ hours a week but paid for 40.

Good work-life balance

Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

December 17, 2023

Pros: Great team culture, with good learning and development opportunities.

Cons: Compensation is lower than competitors, and virtual work is not preferred.

5.0
Good work-life balance
Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
December 17, 2023
Pros: Great team culture, with good learning and development opportunities.
Cons: Compensation is lower than competitors, and virtual work is not preferred.

American Express Interview Questions

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Given a string, find the minimum number of characters you must delete so that all remaining character frequencies are unique. No two characters can have the same frequency.

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Maximum Equal Frequency

Given an array of numbers, find the longest prefix where removing exactly one element makes all remaining element frequencies equal. Return the length of this prefix.

ArraysSliding WindowsGreedy Algorithms

Divide an Array Into Subarrays With Minimum Cost I

You're given an array and need to divide it into three non-empty subarrays. The cost is the sum of the first elements of each subarray. Find the minimum possible cost to divide the array.

ArraysTwo PointersSliding Windows

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