First American Financial·Software Engineer

First American Financial Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

BengaluruPosted Nov 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process took place over roughly a day for the main rounds, with a larger structure around it that started earlier via scheduling through a third party or recruiter coordination.

I ended up completing two to four distinct conversations that day: a technical discussion followed by one or more manager rounds, and eventually HR. Across these stages, the experience felt evaluation-heavy rather than conversational, and the difficulty varied, but it often leaned tough when managers got involved.

In the technical portion, I was asked to reason through problems and also write code, with some emphasis on architecture or how I’d approach system design based on what I’d worked on previously. One technical segment went well, while the next didn’t, and that contrast stuck with

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