Health Care Service Corporation Software Engineer interview experience

The structure was split evenly between behavioral and technical.

The behavioral questions felt fine, but the technical portion was strange—many questions seemed like they were targeting odd abbreviations of software development terms. After that in-person interview, they even apologized for how weird the technical section had been and asked me to do a 30-minute phone interview again.

This second phone interview was much more standard: OOP topics, SQL, and Java questions, all in a clearer format. I did get an offer a few days later, but the compensation felt low for Chicago. I asked to raise