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Application Engineer Interview Experience - United States

August 1, 2022
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online, received a call from the recruiter within 2 business days. Recruiter was great, outstanding even - super positive and pleasant. She was very easy to understand and converse with. She was prompt in her responses throughout the interview processes.

My issue is with the interview itself and the parties involved. It was to be a video interview and only myself and 1 other out of 6 people were on video. Pretty unprofessional right out of the gate. I won't comment on appearances, other than to say it was clear that no effort was applied. This also set the true-to-tone precedent for the rest of the interview. 3 of the 4 "off-shore" individuals were extremely difficult to understand and had no microphone etiquette. One individual would clear his throat after every single word, making him almost impossible to understand.

During technical questions I got fairly incoherent and, frankly, odd questions to which I had appropriate answers for. But getting an understanding of the questions took several apologies and repeat asks from myself due to how difficult it was to understand the 2 individuals doing most of the technical questioning. I believe the interviewers were asking me questions they did not fully understand themselves, as well. Some of the responses I received from my answers or counter points made it clear that no one was really paying attention to me.

I never even got a full understanding of the job I would be performing after circling back to get more details about the platform and what the "on-shore" and "off-shore" teams actually did.

It was easily the worst interview I've had, ever. There was no conversation flow and no interview structure. When the ball was in their court it was very transactional and rigid. I wouldn't have accepted an offer if one was extended.

Questions

General OOP questions, ternary operator, min/max loops - very easy technical questions mostly.

There were some random library functions I was asked about that basically no one uses. Stuff that would take seconds to look up or dot walk into. The questions were kind of useless on gauging skill, honestly. It was stuff you may be asked on a multiple choice test in your first programming class.

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UnitedHealth Group's interview process for their Application Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for UnitedHealth Group's Application Engineer interview process in United States.