Interactive Brokers Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

Greenwich, CTPosted Apr 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a longer sequence that included an open-ended OA coding exam focused on OOPs principles, and then I progressed into human interviews that covered modern C++ concepts.

I specifically remember being asked about modern C++ features and doing something like implementing an std::optional-like container, plus a string algorithm problem. I felt good walking out of those interviews because the questions were concrete and I enjoyed the technical back-and-forth.

The later interviews, though, didn’t feel as constructive. One interviewer seemed visibly unhappy to be there and the energy in the room never really warmed up. Another interview was framed around how I solved a technical problem at work; the feedback initially sounded positive, but I still ended up getting

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