FICO·Software Engineer

FICO Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Hard

Positive

San Diego, CAPosted Dec 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for a Software Engineer role at FICO in a crisp but demanding week-long sprint, ending with an offer timeline of about three weeks.

Hiring manager phone screen — a 1-hour conversation.
Onsite (5 hours) — multiple interviews over about 5 hours with the hiring manager and peers.
Deep technical questioning — many questions targeted at real technical knowledge, with interviewers who clearly knew their domains. Outcome: I wasn’t offered the role; the process felt difficult but clean, and it was easy to gauge technical depth and growth potential.

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