Application Engineer (Back End) Interview Experience - Farnborough, Hampshire
Process
The first round of the interview was a technical screening, followed by three behavioral interviews with managerial-level staff and a technical interview. You will be assessed on Java concepts such as collections, multithreading, and garbage collection, etc.
Questions
Multithreading, collections, ArrayList, garbage collection.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Discover Financial Application Engineer (Back End) role in Farnborough, Hampshire.
Success Rate
Discover Financial's interview process for their Application Engineer (Back End) roles in Farnborough, Hampshire is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Discover Financial's Application Engineer (Back End) interview process in Farnborough, Hampshire.
Discover Financial Work Experiences
- 5.0Great company to retire fromExpert Applications Engineer • Current EmployeeFarnborough, Hampshire, United KingdomSeptember 7, 2025Pros: Processes and technology are not great, but compensation is good, and it's a great company to retire with.Cons: It takes a very long time to onboard any new technology.
- 4.0Principal Software EngineerPrincipal Software Engineer • Former EmployeeFarnborough, Hampshire, United KingdomJune 5, 2025Pros: Decent pay package and pension contributions.Cons: A myriad of constraints make the development process really slow.
- 4.0Nice place to workPrincipal Backend Engineer • Former EmployeeFarnborough, Hampshire, United KingdomMarch 14, 2025Pros: - Modern tech stack for building impacting products.Cons: Cannot think of any.
