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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Chicago, Illinois

September 16, 2018
Negative ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The communication between the company and myself was good, and their recruitment/HR representative was quick to respond to any messages (including a rescheduling). It is a little annoying that they only really handle interviewing two days per week, but we were able to make it work.

Interview consisted of a phone screen as well as a few hours of in-person interviews in their office. In-person interviews involved problem solving/code reviews with a few engineers, talking with a project manager about the company and general "how would you deal with scope creep" kinds of questions, and a culture fit conversation.

You are also given a code challenge, with 40 or so minutes to complete as much as you can.

Unfortunately, they offered a rate of pay substantially smaller than what was reasonable for the role they were interviewing for.

Questions

I was given a piece of paper with code and asked to review it for errors.

I was asked to develop a small trading tracker application.

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Interview Statistics

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

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral33%
Negative17%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Morningstar's Software Engineer interview process in Chicago, Illinois.