CME Group·Software Engineer

CME Group Software Engineer interview experience

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Chicago, ILPosted Feb 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a phone interview that included a basic coding challenge.

After that, they flew me out to Chicago for a full day, and the shift from a single screen to an all-day format made the stakes feel higher.

The day was packed with a more advanced coding exercise in Java, plus a systems design question. I also had the kind of onsite structure that made it feel like the company was actively pacing the day—there was lunch and even a tour of the building between the technical parts. I spoke with multiple people throughout the day, and everything felt organized around evaluating how I code and how I reason.

Overall it felt like an average difficulty journey,

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