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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Chicago, Illinois

September 1, 2018
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Process

Applied via a college career fair.

Received a HackerRank test the following day with a 24-hour time limit. The problems were of reasonable difficulty, though the last problem was long and involved multiple steps.

Two days later, I was scheduled for a brief phone interview, where I was asked about my prior experience and interests. After this interview, I was moved to the on-site round the following week.

On-site began with a 'code review' of my HackerRank answers. The interviewer asked about my thought process for each of my solutions and how I would change them after reflecting. He also provided slight tweaks or twists to each problem and asked how I might alter my code.

Following this interview was a design interview, which involved whiteboarding a system to solve a specific problem.

After lunch, there was a behavioral interview, which involved talking in-depth about my previous experience.

Finally, there was an 'executive chat', which gave me the chance to ask an executive at the company questions.

I heard back about my offer soon after the following week. Compensation and benefits were very competitive, but I chose to go elsewhere for fit reasons.

Overall, my experience was very pleasant. The process moved quickly, and the interviews seemed fair.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the Optiver Software Engineer (Internship) role in Chicago, Illinois.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

Optiver's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Chicago, Illinois is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive38%
Neutral38%
Negative23%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Optiver's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Chicago, Illinois.

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