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LEAP Program Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

September 1, 2025
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I interviewed twice with them, both times resulting in being ghosted. Last year's interviews were different from this year's. Last year, there were 2 interviews: a recruiter call and a technical interview that seemed to vary from person to person. I was asked about UML/OOP (animals in a zoo), SQL (inner join), reversing a linked list, and making a real-time clock with JavaScript. There were no behavioral questions. The interviewer was drilling with in-depth questions.

This year, the interview consisted of 3 interviews: a recruiter call, a 30-minute behavioral, and a 30-minute technical. The behavioral and technical interviews were on the same day, one after the other, with different interviewers on-site. The behavioral interview did involve talking about technical concepts as well.

For the technical interview, there were no laptops or whiteboards to solve the coding problem. I was asked how I would find the first non-duplicate character in a string. The rest of the interview focused on technical concepts not directly involved with the role's tech stack. These included questions like "how do you maintain your code?", "how do you find a bug that happens infrequently?", and "how do you go about understanding a codebase that has no documentation?", etc. There were barely any OOP, SQL, or Java questions.

For both interview processes, I was told by the recruiters to wait a week to hear back with results. Both times I was ghosted, with no message, email, or phone call. The least a company you've invested time with could do is give you a response back.

Everyone was really nice and helpful. However, I am very disappointed with the unprofessional ghosting.

Questions

  1. Tell me about yourself.

  2. What are the four principles of OOP? Know the difference between them too.

  3. Have you used Agile before? How?

  4. Tell me about your project (on resume).

  5. Why Fidelity?

  6. Do you know Git?

  7. What do git add, push, and commit do?

  8. Something about Git types (I forgot).

  9. Tell me about a time you faced a conflict in a team.

  10. Tell me about a time you had to step out of your comfort zone.

  11. How would you explain a complex topic in simple terms to someone who doesn't know anything about it? Like API?

  12. Tell me about a time you had to learn new technology.

  13. You have a zoo that contains animals. Design a basic UML to represent that.

  14. Know DISTINCT, LIKE, INNER JOIN, LEFT/RIGHT JOIN for SQL.

  15. Reverse a linked list.

  16. Real-time clock with JavaScript.

  17. Find the first non-duplicate character in a string.

  18. How do you maintain your code?

  19. How do you go about understanding a codebase that has no documentation?

  20. How do you find a bug that happens infrequently?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 8 interview experiences for the Fidelity Investments LEAP Program Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

38%
Pass Rate

Fidelity Investments's interview process for their LEAP Program Software Engineer roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive63%
Neutral0%
Negative38%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Fidelity Investments's LEAP Program Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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