Interactive Brokers Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Aug 2013 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a pre-onsite tech and behavioral testing sequence: programming plus math, along with a behavioral screen.

The technical test included C++/Java and also SQL, and the math problems were described as very easy—so easy that it honestly felt awkward given my background, like solving “math” they’d chosen on purpose.

The on-site itself was even more jarring. I traveled on my own expense to Greenwich, expecting a broader match, but after arriving I took another tech test and then was told they were done with me quickly. What threw me most was that I’m a C++-focused profile but the on-site questions were Java-heavy, and they never seemed to mention Java on my resume conversation. The questions also felt

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