CME Group·Software Engineer

CME Group Software Engineer interview experience

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Chicago, ILPosted Jan 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process had three rounds, and it was clearly anchored on both coding and system-level thinking.

The first step was an online assessment with two coding questions, then I moved into a technical coding interview with an engineer. The last stage was a systems design interview where I was asked to design a trading website.

What surprised me a bit was how the final round required a different kind of reasoning than the coding stages—more about architecture and decisions than implementing an algorithm under time pressure. The coding rounds still mattered, but the systems design pushed me to show I could think through a realistic product.

I ended up receiving an offer, and I walked away

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