CME Group·Software Engineer

CME Group Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Dec 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied online and it moved quickly into an automated OA, and then the real HR touch came right after.

The OA consisted of two LeetCode easy-style problems, and then I had an HR call that didn’t feel like the usual generic screen—I was moved into a more competitive pipeline tied to a longer program. That part made the process feel more structured.

After HR, I had a first round technical interview that was about an hour, then a final round that combined a short behavioral segment with a longer system design section. The system design prompt was basically about designing a ride-sharing style product, but what caught me off guard was how detailed they wanted the API and data modeling. I wasn’t

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