Sr. Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Thomson Reuters with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 68% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sr. Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 52 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Thomson Reuters overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Thomson Reuters as a Sr. Software Engineer according to 52 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 20%
Skills test: 16%
Background check: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Thomson Reuters (Boston, MA) in Jul 2016
Interview
On day 1, there was a 1:1 with the project lead for 2+ hours. I liked the way he put forward the real problem the team has been trying to solve. Did the whiteboarding together. Really enjoyed the process.
Then a few more interviews with the team members.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to partition a huge volume of data for distributed processing?
The process is very smooth, and HR are cooperative until you are being considered; after that, they won't reply to you Email.
HackerRank - MCQ + Some output/debugging
Recruiter Phone Screen - Exp + job fit
Manager Review-
Hiring Manager Interview-About your experience and resume-based questions
Technical Interview (Live Coding and/or System Design and/or Technical Presentation) - 2 rounds simultaneously on the same day.
Coding - it was a medium question - I prepared a LeetCode-style question, but they asked a competitive type of question (I was able to figure out the logic but not the code)
System Design round is based on the project that you have done, and then they expand it by adding more functionality. RAG Questions about Chunking, etc., overall workflow of the cloud.
Job Fit Interview - Didn't pass the last round, so not sure.
I asked for feedback multiple times, but HR didn't respond. I was sick for one of the interviews, and they were very helpful with rescheduling.
I applied online. I interviewed at Thomson Reuters (Washington, DC) in Feb 2026
Interview
Starts the online technical screening process, and followed by programming round, system design round and finally leadership and behavioral round. The interview process took around a month. Recruiting manager was very responsive and friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you explain a technical challenge to leadership, propose a solution, and gain their agreement?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Thomson Reuters (Hyderābād)
Interview
I have given interview for Python AWS Developer.
Three rounds of interview they conducted.
Round 1 : Technical
Round 2: Tech & Manager
Round 3 : HR
Manager is cool
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About AWS services like EC2, S3, CLOUD WATCH, lambda