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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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at American Express (New York, NY) in Jun 2022
Interview
The interview was a simple technical review with a pairing session. We talked about team fit as well. I spoke with two people on the engineering team, and the conversation was interesting. They have a complex multi-frontend system as well as microservices, so there was a lot to talk about.
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