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      Software Engineer Interview

      Jul 21, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Chennai
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Optum (Chennai) in Jul 2026

      Interview

      Nice ambiance and hiring manager is so kind clearly explain the process flow and what it my role would be in the company overall nice conversation and HR process also good hiring process also fine

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why you switch the job and why optum
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      Software Engineer Interview

      Jul 2, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      New Delhi
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. I interviewed at Optum (New Delhi)

      Interview

      It was easy, they asked me DSA and System design stuffs. DSA was medium leetcode questions. System design they asked about Netflix architecture and some handing cases. New Movie/Web series traffic handling, cache...

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      DSA was medium leetcode questions. System design they asked about Netflix architecture and some handing cases. New Movie/Web series traffic handling, cache...
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      May 23, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Optum

      Interview

      My interview process started with a 30-minute recruiter call where we discussed my current work at Optum, my stack, and what I was looking for in the next role. A few days later I had a technical phone screen with one of the senior engineers on the team. We spent about 45 minutes on a coding problem around string manipulation and then walked through a few questions on Java concurrency and Spring Boot internals. After that I moved to the virtual onsite, which was four rounds spread across a single day. The first round was a system design discussion where I designed a scalable order management service using event-driven patterns with Kafka. The second was a deep dive into React and Next.js, covering rendering strategies, state management, and how I would structure a large frontend codebase. The third was a hands-on coding round on a shared editor where I built out a small API with proper validation and error handling. The final round was behavioral, focused on cross-team collaboration, conflict resolution, and how I approach mentoring. I got feedback within a week, followed by a hiring manager wrap-up and an offer conversation shortly after.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      coding problem around string manipulation and then walked through a few questions on Java concurrency and Spring Boot internals.
      Answer question

      Optum interviews FAQs

      • Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Optum with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 35 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Optum overall takes an average of 25 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Optum as a Software Engineer according to 35 Glassdoor interviews include:

        One on one interview:  21%

        Phone interview:  18%

        Group panel interview:  13%

        Skills test:  13%

        Presentation:  10%

        Background check:  9%

        Drug test:  7%

        IQ intelligence test:  4%

        Personality test:  3%

        Other:  1%

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

        1. Software Engineer(1144) ;
        2. Senior Software Engineer(722) ;
        3. Customer Service Representative(341) ;
        4. Associate Software Engineer(339) ;
        5. Nurse Practitioner(189) ;
        6. Director(184) ;
        7. Business Analyst(182) ;
        8. Registered Nurse(143) ;
        9. Manager(141) ;
        10. Data Engineer(131) ;
        11. Associate Director(129) ;
        12. Medical Coder(129) ;
        13. Customer Service Representative (CSR)(123) ;
        14. Project Manager(119) ;
        15. Data Scientist(115) .


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