Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Diego, California
Process
It starts with a phone interview, which is 30 minutes and asks basic Java Core questions.
Then you are invited for an on-site interview. Typically, the interview runs about 4-6 hours. Sometimes there is one interviewer, and sometimes there are two. Each interview is 30 to 45 minutes long. Questions range from Java Core to J2EE, some Spring Framework, ESB, and some architectural questions.
Questions
The question was:
Describe a way to design a highly scalable architecture that can freely pass messages between systems. Describe how to control the message flow, how to add security, and how to expand the design for new features. Also, describe various ways to transform messages, filter messages, and order messages so that a subsystem can properly order them for processing.
The gotcha is that messages will arrive out of order because of multiple consumers. How do you synchronize processing so that messages can be processed in order?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 15 interview experiences for the Intuit Software Engineer role in San Diego, California.
Success Rate
Intuit's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Diego, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Intuit's Software Engineer interview process in San Diego, California.
Intuit Work Experiences
- 5.0Good company and good vibeSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesMay 3, 2025Pros: 1. Helpful people 2. Internal mobility is easyCons: 1. Some teams' word could be boring.
- 2.0Excellent benefits, but poor middle managementSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesFebruary 9, 2014Pros: Excellent medical, dental, and eye benefits. Opportunity to learn new technology. Co-workers are friendly, intelligent, and helpful. Offices allow a quiet work environment and increased productivity. Excellent gym and a clean, pleasant campus.Cons: Middle management can form wrong opinions about employees, overreact, criticize instead of giving constructive feedback, and not ask enough questions. It can be discouraging! You don't want to speak up about anything to management, or they will hold it against you. Middle management wants everyone to be a cheerleader every day and every minute. If you don't appear excited, then management thinks you are not committed. Some managers micro-manage and give you a day-to-day and hour-to-hour schedule. If you are lucky, you will get a manager who is not so structured. Also, too many layers of management. The widely praised work-life balance varies on the project you are working on and the goals set by your manager. Not a lot of staff engineers. It takes years to reach that level.
- 3.0Great atmosphere, but I'm not sure about the workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesApril 5, 2013Pros: Great people. Nice benefits. I worked at San Diego, which was pretty awesome.Cons: The work was not as exciting as I had anticipated.
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