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Interview experiences · FalconX
FalconX Software Engineer Interview Experience — OA on the Longest Risk-Limited Trade-Log Window
Build an audit module for a high-frequency trading platform that processes an asynchronous, out-of-order data stream containing trade execution logs from multiple exchanges. The task is to reconstruct the chronological execution timeline for a specified exchange (target_venue), and find the maximum number of consecutive trade logs in a contiguous execution window that satisfies specific operation…
Interview experiences · Family Dollar Stores
Family Dollar Stores Account Executive delayed interview on a very hot day
The process was easy, but it dragged. I kept getting stopped between interviews, and by the time I entered the room it was brutally hot, like walking into a heatwave. The conversation itself was not difficult, but it lasted longer than I expected. I moved through the steps without much friction. The interview was not the hard part. The timing was. Location: Richmond, VA. Overall feedback: Negativ…
Interview experiences · Fetch Rewards
Fetch Data Scientist Interview Experience — A SQL Rolling-Average Stumble on the Phone Screen
There aren't many interview reports about this company on the forum, so I'm sharing mine. It was a one-hour phone screen, split roughly half and half between SQL and experimentation. SQL: there were two questions total. I don't remember the exact tables, but one of them asked me to compute the 7-day rolling average of some metric. I got stuck here — the interviewer's correct answer was that you n…
Interview experiences · Fetch Rewards
Fetch Rewards Data Scientist Interview Experience — A Take-home Dataset Task, Then an Unresponsive SQL Screen
This company doesn't have an HR call. Right from the start they send you a dataset and have you do an analysis on it — pretty simple, takes an hour or two at most. After passing that, the first round is a phone screen. 45 minutes, just SQL and a product case. There were two interviewers. I actually thought the question itself was pretty simple — it was about a beverage company that had noticed it…
Interview experiences · Figma
Figma AI Team Software Engineer Interview Experience — Rejected 2 Days After a 5-Round Virtual Onsite
After the recruiter call, the first round was HM + coding. The VO (final onsite) was 5 rounds — coding + 2 system design rounds + behavioral + a project deep dive. I hadn't seen the AI-flavored system design round anywhere else before. The VO was spread across 3 days, and I got rejected 2 business days after that. The HM round asked about past projects, not much technical. The first coding round…
Interview experiences · Figma
Figma Data Scientist Interview Experience — A Low-Energy Hiring Manager Round Worth Avoiding
Sharing my interview experience with Figma DS for the HM round — overall it was really bad. This is the only company where I finished the interview and immediately wanted to warn everyone else away from it. They started by asking about my background and introducing the role. The HM seemed really low energy, like they were just going through the motions. They asked about a project and my work back…
Interview experiences · Figma
Figma Software Engineer Interview Experience — A System Design Interviewer Who Wouldn't Engage or Listen
First off, my overall interview experience with Figma was really good — the HR/recruiter was responsive and helpful throughout the whole process, and after the onsite they gave me detailed feedback. Every interviewer I got, except for the one I'm about to go into detail about, was pretty nice. This interviewer had me for the system design round, and the question was the classic "trending articles…
Interview experiences · Finacle
Finacle Consultant HR, two technical rounds, and hiring-manager discussion
I had a straightforward sequence: an HR screening, two technical interviews, and a discussion with the hiring manager. Every step felt professional and friendly. The interviewers gave me time to think, which made it easier to stay calm. The technical conversations covered my past experience, the problems I had worked on, and my approach to problem solving. One round returned to resume-based work,…
Interview experiences · Finacle
Finacle Consultant interview: agentic frameworks and RAG
After a recruiter call, I was scheduled for two technical rounds. They focused on whether I understood agentic frameworks and how I would build RAG pipelines. A couple of basic programming questions kept the conversation practical rather than overly theoretical. The second round returned to day-to-day work. I discussed async and await, microservices, and work I had built at my previous company. T…
Interview experiences · Finacle
Finacle Full Stack Engineer interview: unclear scheduling and second-round uncertainty
I found the process messy from the start. It began through job-portal connections with an HR call where the speaker talked so fast that I struggled to take in the details. I filled out a form with my available times, but the interview was scheduled around the interviewer's convenience instead. The technical interview was the one clearly positive part. The interviewer was friendly and professional…
Interview experiences · Finacle
Finacle Full Stack Engineer virtual technical interview experience
My interview began with a virtual screening call set up as a timed DSA round of about 30 minutes. Technical questions covered Java, Spring Boot, system design, and my AI experience. They described a next step for selected candidates: an HR manager call to discuss compensation, role, and location before a final offer. They said the offer would be released within a week after that stage and estimat…
Interview experiences · Finacle
Finacle Software Engineer interview: campus DSA, SQL, and systems topics
I interviewed on campus for about an hour with two interviewers. The first asked me to solve DSA questions using LeetCode and also covered SQL. The second went into dynamic programming, how a database connects to a backend, APIs, microservices, and questions based on my resume, including altered versions of my own coding rounds. I also discussed merge sort, trees, graphs, React, MERN, and HTTP me…
Interview experiences · Finacle
Finacle Software Engineer interview experience: microphone failure before assessment
This attempt was brief because I was rejected at a pre-assessment stage. Before the second rejection appeared, a technical problem disrupted the first interview attempt: my microphone did not work, and that seemed to derail the process immediately. I later received follow-up communication with a survey/interview step, but I could not move forward. It felt as if the outcome was decided early by th…
Interview experiences · Finacle
Finacle Software Engineer interview: Java, Spring Boot, and reasoning
The technical discussion focused on Java, Spring Boot, SQL, Azure, and Terraform, then shifted into project-based scenarios. I explained how my project was implemented, the approach I used, and my own contribution. After introducing myself, I worked through a DSA problem by describing a brute-force solution and then an optimized one. The conversation also covered operating systems, OOP, networks,…
Interview experiences · Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management
Financial Analyst interview at Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management: SuperDay
After a resume drop and recruiter call, I completed a one-way video interview. The HireVue felt like a difficult gate, with tougher questions than I expected and advancement that felt uncertain. Later I attended a SuperDay with three back-to-back interviews lasting about 30 to 45 minutes each. Most of the SuperDay questions were behavioral, but they demanded precise, prepared examples and clear f…
Interview experiences · J.P. Morgan
Financial Analyst interview at J.P. Morgan: HireVue and Superday
I applied with my resume and experience, selected preferred locations, and was then invited to HireVue. About a month later, the next step was a Superday. Before it, I attended a learn-more component with a case-related activity and networking. The networking mattered because people who made connections there seemed to receive attention. The Superday involved short conversations with several inte…
Interview experiences · J.P. Morgan
Financial Analyst interview at J.P. Morgan: timed HireVue
After I applied, the first screen was a timed one-way HireVue. I recorded responses to behavioral prompts, with little or no technical content in the versions I saw discussed. Preparation was short and answers were constrained. In my format I had about 90 seconds to respond, while each question could allow roughly two minutes, and there was an option to retry. I preferred to submit a clean first…
Interview experiences
Financial Analyst Interview Experience — A Surprise Three-Manager Round With a Live Excel Test
Originally I planned to share this once I had the result — as either a success story or a rejection story. But now that the final round has wrapped and I'm sitting in that anxious waiting period for the decision, this might actually be a more relatable post to write. I really want to share a lot of the internal info I picked up during this application process, since it gives people a rare inside…
Interview experiences · Fireworks
Fireworks Machine Learning Engineer Interview Experience — AI-Assisted Coding
They asked me to create a referral system that recommends a list of other users for any given user, using the network of all users. The network consists of nodes, and two users are friends if their nodes are connected by an edge. Don't recommend current friends. Base recommendations on mutual friends: A and B are both connected to the same node, but A and B are not directly connected. Second, giv…
Interview experiences · First Quality Laboratory
First Quality Laboratory Account Executive Interview Experience: A fast offer with clear hustle-culture expectations
I had an easy, low-friction start. I spoke with someone by phone, answered a couple of questions, and they set up a more detailed interview within about a week. The process was smooth and welcoming, and the recruiter treated it as a real two-way conversation instead of a checklist. In the interviews, the role and expectations were explained clearly. The team seemed intentional about making sure I…
Interview experiences · First Quality Laboratory
First Quality Laboratory Account Executive Interview Experience: sales-floor shadowing
After a recruiter call, I spent an in-office day getting a real look at the sales floor. I shadowed a sales rep and saw what the day-to-day work looked like beyond the usual "tell me about yourself" conversation. The process moved quickly after the introduction. My second interview was also in the office. It used a ride-along format: I followed multiple job shadows and then had a focused follow-u…
Interview experiences · First Quality Laboratory
First Quality Laboratory Account Executive interview: long process without closure
I went through several rounds, assignments, tests, job shadowing, and final interviews. It became longer and more exhausting than I expected. Communication was frequent, but the follow-through did not match the time I was investing. The process felt inconsistent: expectations were presented strictly, yet the candidate experience did not feel equally respectful. After putting in so much time, I wa…
Interview experiences · First Trust Capital Management
First Trust Capital Management Business Analyst month-and-a-half aptitude process
The process was structured and took close to a month and a half. The waiting stood out more than the interviews. It began with an aptitude test covering general math, English, and reasoning, followed by a telephonic confirmation and then interviews. The next stages were communicated clearly. One call covered my background and why I wanted the role. A later video interview went deeper into my acad…
Interview experiences · First Trust Capital Management
First Trust Capital Management Financial Analyst interview: practical finance and behavioral fit
The process was smooth and low-stress, and the panel made a point of keeping it comfortable. It started with a recruiter screen, then team interviews. I discussed prior experience and roles, along with behavioral questions about strengths and weaknesses, time management, and working under tighter schedules. The technical discussion was practical rather than theoretical. I covered core finance and…