I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at American Express in Aug 2024
Interview
The initial interview was an hour+ call with a hiring manager. Unfortunately the process was not pleasant. The individual was off-camera and didn’t seem very interested.
The format was 50+ questions followed by a coding assessment that he had me complete on my own IDE. I answered the question correctly but it took unnecessary time to spin up a program and write down a question he read aloud.
The interview felt more like an interrogation than an interview. A question like “do you have experience with micro services” was followed by “name all the micro services you interacted with in your last project.” Most questions felt like he was trying to prove I was lying on my resume rather than evaluating my experience.
Finally, I asked about what he enjoys about working there. Stated the engineers were hard workers and often worked overtime on projects because their company is so important. This didn’t resonate with me at all. Hope the interview process improves for future candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain how a micro service is built, tested, deployed, and accessed in production.
Easy
Asked basic springboot actuator
Api
Coding was easy only 1 merge sort
For 3.5 years experience
Overall easy for 3 years of experience
Interview was not tough at all
Interview went well very straightforward questions. Nothing awfully complex. I really like how they structured everything. Looking forward, attempting this again in the future. very huge company with lots of opportunity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me more about your background and what brought you here
First round is an online Hirevue with behavioral questions and MC and second round is 1 hr 45 min behavioral plus technical w two engineers not sure if that’s the final round though