Software Engineer Interview Experience - Amsterdam, Netherlands
October 1, 2016
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Applied through Stack Overflow Careers.
Got a reply within 3 days to do a HackerRank test, with 10 days to complete it.
I was pathetic with the HR test, so I got a rejection email after 2 days. My HR test score was 12. Haha, loser me.
Questions
A HackerRank test that had to be attempted in C/C++/Java/C#. It had 4 questions:
- 2 about OOP/Classes
- 1 about an array of dates
- 1 about trees
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 30 interview experiences for the Optiver Software Engineer role in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Success Rate
13%
Pass Rate
Optiver's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Amsterdam, Netherlands is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral20%
Negative30%
Candidates reported having good feelings for Optiver's Software Engineer interview process in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Optiver Work Experiences
4.0
Good Pay, Low Interest
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Pros: Pay, money, salary, income, TC
Cons: Time, life, sanity, interest, depression
4.0
Good culture and people
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Chicago, Illinois, United States
March 24, 2020
Pros: All the usual tech company perks (breakfast, lunch, snacks, coffee).
Reasonable hours for finance in general.
Good compensation, with a transparent performance-based bonus system.
Cons: Hours could still be better. 8-5:30 PM is pretty much the minimum expected for software devs, and it only gets worse.
Compared to some other tech firms my peers are working for, that's pretty bad.
Compared to other fintech firms my peers are working for, that's pretty good/on par.
3.0
Good Pay, Culture Shifting
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Sydney, Australia
February 29, 2024
Pros: Great pay, excellent culture, friendly people.
Cons: Work culture is beginning to get more intense. The most recent round of interns were judged much more harshly than before.
- 4.0Good Pay, Low InterestSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeChicago, Illinois, United StatesOctober 12, 2022Pros: Pay, money, salary, income, TCCons: Time, life, sanity, interest, depression
- 4.0Good culture and peopleSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeChicago, Illinois, United StatesMarch 24, 2020Pros: All the usual tech company perks (breakfast, lunch, snacks, coffee). Reasonable hours for finance in general. Good compensation, with a transparent performance-based bonus system.Cons: Hours could still be better. 8-5:30 PM is pretty much the minimum expected for software devs, and it only gets worse. Compared to some other tech firms my peers are working for, that's pretty bad. Compared to other fintech firms my peers are working for, that's pretty good/on par.
- 3.0Good Pay, Culture ShiftingSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSydney, AustraliaFebruary 29, 2024Pros: Great pay, excellent culture, friendly people.Cons: Work culture is beginning to get more intense. The most recent round of interns were judged much more harshly than before.
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