Applications Developer Interview Experience - London, England
Process
After application, you are contacted by an internal recruiter for a 30-45 minute call.
Following this, there is a virtual interview with the team lead.
After successfully completing this, you may or may not move forward, depending on how the team lead personally feels about you.
(This may have nothing to do with your performance in the aforementioned interviews.)
Questions
Two Sum problem and then random questions regarding your knowledge about whatever technologies the particular team you are interviewing with uses.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Discover Financial Applications Developer role in London, England.
Success Rate
Discover Financial's interview process for their Applications Developer roles in London, England is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Discover Financial's Applications Developer interview process in London, England.
Discover Financial Work Experiences
- 5.0Loved Projects, Hated CommuteApplications Developer • Former EmployeeRiverwoods, Illinois, United StatesSeptember 11, 2025Pros: Great time working here. I enjoyed my project, teammates, and overall experience working here.Cons: HQ not located in the city. It's in the suburbs and can be difficult moving around without a car.
- 5.0Great perks and benefits, with lots of learning opportunitiesApplications Developer • Current EmployeeRiverwoods, Illinois, United StatesNovember 2, 2024Pros: Lots of learning with great perks and benefits. Getting a chance to work with emerging technologies.Cons: Nothing I can think of.
- 4.0Good life balanceApplications Developer • Current EmployeeFarnborough, Hampshire, United KingdomApril 19, 2024Pros: Developers take time to do things with less pressure. Well plan ahead.Cons: The process is not efficient and leads to less software development work. Software developers waste too much time and energy doing admin work and following up on small things from external dependencies, like the infrastructure team.
