FIS Software Engineer interview experience

The interviewer was considerate and led the technical portion by sharing their screen and asking me about algorithms, data structures, and architecture, specifically with an eye toward how I solved problems. I appreciated that they weren’t trying to pin me down to textbook wording.

What stuck with me was the way the technical part felt interactive—more about my reasoning process than memorized definitions. Even though the topics were demanding, I enjoyed the flow and felt like I was being tested on real understanding.

I didn’t receive an offer, but the honest takeaway for me was that the