Interactive Brokers Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Stratford, CTPosted Oct 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first step was a Predictive Index personality survey plus a timed, closed-book Java test.

I finished the PI and then took the 60-minute Java questions, and I felt pretty confident because I ended up with most of the answers correct.

The surprise was that I didn’t move forward right after—my rejection came quickly, and when I asked why, I was told it was because of how I answered on the PI questions. The PI section focused on work ethics and general personality, and the explanation I received was essentially that they wanted a very specific type of personality rather than someone outwardly friendly or outgoing. I also later heard reflections that PI could be the deciding factor

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