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Software Engineer Interview Experience

March 2, 2022
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Process

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks.

I was referred to Modern Treasury (MT) by a former colleague. The interview process started with a standard 30 min call with a recruiter who talked about the work and culture at MT, the leadership, the market opportunity etc. followed by some questions about my experience and interests.

This was followed by a 30 min technical discussion with the head of engineering which serves as the technical screen before heading into the virtual onsite. The virtual onsite runs for about 4.5 hours and consists of 5 different interviews:

  • The first interview was with a manager on the Customer Success team. We talked about my experience with cross-team collaboration as well how I handle customer escalations.
  • The next interview was the coding round where I was asked to build an integration with the MT REST API. I appreciated being able to use my own dev environment and tooling for this interview. The interview starts out with a straightforward task and complexity is added as you complete each part.
  • The third interview was with the CTO and we had a technical discussion about past projects followed by any questions I had for him.
  • The fourth round was the systems design interview. This was a fairly standard problem with a strong focus on data modeling and structured queries for different scenarios given the model.
  • The fifth and final interview was with the CEO. This was a fairly casual conversation around my motivations to join MT and any questions I had for him.

Overall, I enjoyed the process and I especially appreciated being able to speak with 2 out of 3 founders. I also really liked that I didn't have to "grind leetcode" to have any hope of passing. They move quickly and are mindful of other offer deadlines. They are also very understanding and flexible about any prior commitments.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 8 interview experiences for the Modern Treasury Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

25%
Pass Rate

Modern Treasury's interview process for their Software Engineer roles is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral13%
Negative38%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Modern Treasury's Software Engineer interview process.