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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jul 28, 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Sydney
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Macquarie Group (Sydney) in Mar 2025

      Interview

      The process included several stages: 1. An initial screening call 2. A live technical coding interview 3. A system design interview 4. A behavioral and cultural fit round 5. A final discussion with the hiring manager and HR The coding and design interviews were technically sound and relevant, with interviewers focused on clarity of thought and communication, not just finding the “perfect” answer. They were also respectful and open to discussion. The behavioral round emphasized leadership style, communication preferences, and ownership — with good emphasis on collaboration and delivery culture. Overall, I appreciated the professionalism, the depth of the technical discussion, and the focus on long-term alignment — not just short-term hiring.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How do you approach system design when balancing scalability, clarity, and team velocity?
      Answer question

      Other Senior Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Macquarie Group

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jul 10, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Sydney
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Macquarie Group (Sydney) in Jun 2026

      Interview

      The process began positively. The technical teams for the coding and system design interviews were professional, supportive, and engaging, and I received positive feedback on both rounds. I was then progressed to the online psychometric assessment, which I completed and let the recruiter know . Unfortunately, the process broke down entirely after that. The recruitment team went completely silent. Over a four-week period following the assessment, my multiple follow-up emails requesting an update were entirely ignored. To then have my application status silently updated to unsuccessful in the portal—without a single word of direct communication after weeks of waiting—demonstrates a severe lack of transparency and basic candidate care. Pros: Great engineering culture; professional and collaborative technical interviewers. Cons: Unresponsive recruitment team. Candidates who invest significant time passing intensive technical loops and completing assessments should not be ghosted for a month and left to find their results in a portal.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      write a short code to reverse a string. This wasn’t the main coding interview
      Answer question

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      May 19, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Macquarie Group

      Interview

      I interviewed with Macquarie BFS over approximately two months. The process included multiple technical rounds, coding assessments, system design, psychometric/behavioural assessments, and team interviews. Most interviewers were professional, and the technical discussions were relevant. After receiving positive feedback, I was told I may be a better fit for another team. However, the subsequent team-match interview felt like a completely new technical round. The new interviewers did not appear to have full context on the previous rounds I had completed, and the format included trivia-style technical questions followed by an unexpected coding/design exercise. My main feedback is that the process would benefit from clearer communication around team-match expectations. If a team-match round can include coding or technical assessment, candidates should be told upfront, especially after already completing several rounds over a long period. Overall, the people were courteous, but the process felt prolonged and misaligned between teams. Candidates should ask early how many rounds are expected, whether team matching may restart technical evaluation, and what each interview will involve. I wrote to HR and withdrew from the process because, after multiple rounds over two months, the final team-match stage did not feel clearly communicated or fair to me.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      In what I understood to be a broader behavioural/team-match interview focused on past experience and role expectations, the discussion shifted into Java concurrency trivia, followed by a screen-shared coding exercise where I was asked to copy code into my IDE and complete rate-limiter logic in a REST endpoint.
      1 Answer

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jul 14, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Macquarie Group in Mar 2026

      Interview

      Got a call from recruiter and then interview was scheduled. 2 interviewers, asked basic questions. Gave a program for fibonacci series and other asked questions out WCF, webforms etc. The tech stack they were asking was a bit obsolete. Otherwise average interview with some questions around authentication and authorization as well.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Fibonacci Series, WCF, winforms, JWT, Authorization and Authentication, Angular route guards.
      Answer question

      Macquarie Group interviews FAQs

      • Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Macquarie Group with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Senior Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Personality test:  25%

        Group panel interview:  25%

        Skills test:  25%

        Background check:  13%

        IQ intelligence test:  13%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

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        5. Senior Associate(213) ;
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        7. Associate Director(147) ;
        8. Software Engineer(127) ;
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        13. Executive Assistant(67) ;
        14. Credit Analyst(52) ;
        15. Senior Analyst(50) .


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