I applied online through the website and received an email asking me to take the skills test within three days. The test was pretty simple, although I had trouble opening the test website. It finally worked when I returned to my school.

I am not a Computer Science major but am interested in Finance. This position particularly stated that a couple of programming classes were sufficient, which I had. I still brushed up on my C++ fundamentals from the class I took, which was apparently not sufficient for the interview.

The interviewer had a serious tone that was sort of intimidating. He gave me no option of choosing the programming language in which to answer the questions (unlike what most people stated here) and asked me to write code for creating a phone book class. I did, but I did not provide all the functions he expected.

He asked me the famous reversing linked lists question, but I did not know then that it's a popular C++ interview question. I was so nervous that I messed up even the general "what sets you apart" and "Why this job" type of questions.

As expected, I was not selected for the next round.

My advice: If you are applying for a software developer position, even though the requirements do not state you need to be an expert coder, take it for granted that you must be. You should at least be a CS major, if not an expert.

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