Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, England
Process
I was contacted by a head hunter who was helpful in brushing up my CV. An interview was setup within a week. I had a phone interview with one of their engineers in Montreal. Sound quality and connection was poor.
The interviewer was not helpful and didn't react to my questions, he kept quiet most of the time and sounded unfriendly and arrogant. I could hear people talking in the background which was not nice for focus.
Questions
Coding exercise, with a key value map. The maps had limited memory 4096kB and I had to write set and get method for a key value pair.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Squarepoint Capital Software Engineer role in London, England.
Success Rate
Squarepoint Capital's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in London, England is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Squarepoint Capital's Software Engineer interview process in London, England.
Squarepoint Capital Work Experiences
- 5.0Modern tech stack and free lunchSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeOctober 3, 2022Pros: Great place to work at. Projects feel meaningful and you have a lot of creative freedom to tackle projectsCons: I can't think of any.
- 5.0Amazing Work culture and compensationsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, IndiaJune 25, 2025Pros: WLB is great Culture is good Comp is amazingCons: There are not a lot of difficult problems to solve. The work might get redundant at times.
- 2.0Micro-management and no transparency (might be only in my team)Software Engineer • Former EmployeeLondon, United KingdomAugust 17, 2023Pros: Friendly colleagues, decent office, free lunchCons: - During my probation period, the 2-level-up manager kept influencing product definition, system design, timeline estimation, and code implementation. An astonishing phrase from him: "I can do it within 2 hours". - We had 4 backend engineers and 3 front-end engineers working on the same project. We were delayed for one month (the manager defined the deadline). Even though the 2-level-up manager said it was no one's fault, I got punished in the end without any conversation.
