The interview process typically involves several key stages designed to assess a candidate's qualifications, experience, and cultural fit. Here's a general outline:
normal procedure, coding, system design, brainteasers, behaviour, it has several rounds to clear
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Macquarie Group (Sydney) in Jul 2026
Interview
There were 3 stages, the coding and system design were in a single stage, followed by the psychometric, then meet your manager.
The interview brief was accurate for the coding and system design, it described a coding interview followed by a system design interview based on Hotel Bookings. There were 3 stages
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The coding was similar to leetcode, relatively easy, it was a list of integers, the question was determine the 3 integers from the list that gave the highest product.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Macquarie Group (Houston, TX)
Interview
I had a total of three interviews with macquarie. I had one that was with hiring manager. The next two were code based interviews one on a white board and the next was with the head of engineering.
I applied online. I interviewed at Macquarie Group (New Delhi) in Apr 2026
Interview
There were 2 rounds of interview, one was technical and the other was techno managerial round they asked basic coding questions related to dsa and advanced python based on decorators, shallow and deep copy and in techno managerial round they tried to understand the current project and job role and some questions related to BFSI domain.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Macquarie Group with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 21 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Macquarie Group overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Macquarie Group as a Software Engineer according to 21 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 16%
Phone interview: 16%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Drug test: 5%
Background check: 3%
Other: 2%
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