I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at American Express (New York, NY) in Jan 2022
Interview
Over 3 month interview process from application to end. Two 45 minute interviews, behavioral and a technical. Interviewers were great and were incredibly helpful in getting a better understanding of the position and the company as a whole. One "30 minute final conversation" with a team director was scheduled with less than 24hr notice. This person was great to talk to about my interests and how I work. An additional individual that was not on the attendee list joined the meeting 5 minutes before it was to end and decided to turn the conversation into an interview. 30 minutes dragged out to 1 hour and was highly unpleasant as I was only prepared for a conversation with the director due to the short notice about the meeting.
As a note to the recruiters: Please do be quicker with the interview process instead of having 1 month in between phases.
Good experience with most questions suitable with experience and aligned with the job description. It was a pleasant experience with focus on the correct topics. Have had 1 round till now.
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
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at American Express with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 165 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at American Express overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at American Express as a Software Engineer according to 165 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Phone interview: 18%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 12%
Group panel interview: 10%
Drug test: 7%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
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