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Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom

November 1, 2025
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

2 Hour interview with different stages:

  • Review of a take home technical task
  • Technical questions
  • Coding problem
  • Design challenge
  • Team fit
  • Questions

I didn't pass the technical part - so never got to team fit/questions stage.

But the first part felt unpleasant due to interviewers attitude.

There were 2 interviewers (Senior Software Engineers) who introduced themselves, but never given me time to introduce myself as well - I had to take initiative myself to do that.

I am not a star developer and I can understand I might have made not a very good impression, but this does not entitle interviewers to treat me without respect. In the end it's them who invited me to the interview.

Sometimes it felt like they didn't even listen to what I was answering and then telling me things as if I didn't told same things before.

Questions

  • Access modifiers in C++
  • Polymorphism in C++
  • Templates in C++
  • Difference between stack and heap
  • Difference between malloc and new
  • RAAI
  • What is deadlock

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Morningstar Software Engineer role in London, United Kingdom.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

Morningstar's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in London, United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Morningstar's Software Engineer interview process in London, United Kingdom.