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%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
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Interview process consisted of 5 rounds. None of the rounds were difficult and they tested actual knowledge of skills that would be used daily instead of CS fundamentals. The interviewers were kind and didn't come off as hostile. They seemed like they really wanted to work with you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Many questions were about CSS and HTML. For example, how to style using sibling selectors.
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