First American Financial Corporation interviews FAQs
Senior Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at First American Financial Corporation with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Developer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at First American Financial Corporation overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at First American Financial Corporation as a Senior Software Developer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Skills test: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Background check: 10%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 5%
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I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at First American Financial Corporation (Santa Ana, CA) in Jul 2016
Interview
There was a phone interview, followed by an in person interview. First American is a huge company with a very large IT department with many different divisions that may not talk to one another. So the interview process may vary depending on which department and type of position (ie, contract or full-time position).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Experience with background technologies, algorithms and approach.
I interviewed at First American Financial Corporation
Interview
Interview consisted of general discussion on projects, LLD discussion. The interviewer gave a DSA question and when I asked clarifying questions the interviewer told me that they keep changing the questions and I will need to read and understand it to explain it to you. I have no idea what the interviewer was expecting to test if they themselves had no idea what the question is.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at First American Financial Corporation (Seattle, WA) in May 2025
Interview
Started with Recruiter Screen (he reached out on Linkedin)
Hiring manager interview (lots of weird OOP related questions)
Virtual On-Site
System Design Round (ecommerce system)
2 Behavioral Rounds
Coding Round (4 questions)
I applied in-person. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at First American Financial Corporation (Bengaluru) in Jul 2024
Interview
3 rounds
1st basic technical they asked about
Basic Oops concepts , net and sql server related question
2 round again technical round asked project architecture
3rd round will be manager round