Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Fidelity Investments with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 72% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 138 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Fidelity Investments overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Fidelity Investments as a Software Engineer according to 138 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 14%
Group panel interview: 11%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Fidelity Investments
Interview
The interview had 4 rounds in total.
First Round : Hacker rank coding round
Had three questions related to data structure, regex
Second round : Technical round
Technical questions based on core java , white board coding , data structure related questions
Third round: Techno managerial round
Asked both managerial and technical questions. Technical were based on concurrency api , spring boot data , spring security .
Hr round : Normal hr question
All these interviews were completed one after other in total of two days, got my offer letter after 4 days
The interviewers were very welcoming and polite.
I interviewed at Fidelity Investments (Smithfield, RI)
Interview
Started with a recruiter screening, followed by a 60 minute panel interview where we did a coding problem and discussed technical background. The interviewers were very friendly and I felt confident. Been a week, waiting to hear back about next steps
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Fidelity Investments in Jul 2026
Interview
The interview process was more like a conversation. The first part of the interview was a phone call. The second part is a 1 hour long interview split into 2 parts. A 30min behavioral and 30min technical with 2 different people
HR was the first round
Followed by HM
HR asked for availability and resume then just disappeared
Even after following up, no response
Then next week for the same role, same message she sent to a friend of mine
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked for availability and then totally ghosted me