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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Chicago, Illinois

May 1, 2019
Negative ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The recruiter was awesome. I had a great experience with the first two rounds of interviews, and they were very easy to talk to, informative, and helpful. The coding challenge was also very straightforward.

As for the phone screen with another person, it was laughably rude. In addition to requiring you to install software to interview you instead of just calling on the phone, my interviewer was very soft-spoken and not an English speaker. I had to ask them many times to repeat themselves before they abruptly stopped, insulted my education and previous place of work, and said they would give my notes to the hiring manager – less than 15 minutes into a 45-minute meeting.

I haven't heard back yet, but offer or not, I will not be accepting.

Questions

Describe AJAX processes.

Does case sensitivity matter in JavaScript?

What is the difference between final and finally in Java?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Discover Financial Software Engineer role in Chicago, Illinois.

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

Discover Financial's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Chicago, Illinois is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive33%
Neutral17%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for Discover Financial's Software Engineer interview process in Chicago, Illinois.

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