Software Engineer Interview Experience - Chicago, Illinois
Process
The job description was misleading. They asked for a software engineer but were tricking people into accepting DevOps positions with production support for a software developer role.
I was given a verbal offer after five rounds of interviews on various days. However, even after receiving the verbal offer, I had HR set up an interview with the hiring manager to discuss the expectations of the role.
She seemed cranky and was unhappy about the questions, then pulled back the offer after it was given.
Be careful with this company. I ask management to investigate this issue.
Questions
Most questions were behavioral, and some were technical about Docker, K8's, Python, AWS, and Terraform.
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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
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
Candidates reported having negative feelings for Discover Financial's Software Engineer interview process in Chicago, Illinois.
Discover Financial Work Experiences
- 4.0Great company to work forSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeChicago, Illinois, United StatesSeptember 7, 2025Pros: Culture here is very relaxed compared to other companies. They place a lot of emphasis on your development and learning as much as possible when you start.Cons: Depending on what team you land on, you can get stuck doing QA/DevOps all the time, which is pretty boring. Essentially, you just write and run tests all the time, which isn't really satisfying like writing actual code. If you want to do dev work, you have to find the right team spot.
- 5.0Great work-life balance, great people, great opportunitiesSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeChicago, Illinois, United StatesJanuary 6, 2025Pros: Great work-life balance, great people, great opportunities.Cons: Merger with Cap1. No one knows what's next.
- 3.0A great place to work, if you have good leadership in your orgSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeChicago, Illinois, United StatesDecember 23, 2023Pros: I really enjoy the location, along with the smaller groups of people I work with. Benefits are good, with a really strong PTO allowance each year. If you report to a good manager, then it's really a great place to work.Cons: Overall leadership is poor. Feedback seems to go nowhere, and good people end up leaving, which puts even more pressure on the people left behind. The RTO policy is horrible, and the base pay seems to be lower than average. Choices being made are horrible from the start and take years to redo, which creates insane amounts of tech debt and legacy solutions you will need to fix at some point. Communication between departments is also very hit or miss.
