Intercontinental Exchange·Software Engineer

Intercontinental Exchange Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Oct 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a tougher, more test-heavy route that started with a phone screen and then jumped straight into timed coding under pressure.

After being contacted by an agent and sending my resume, I did a phone interview, and then I was given a Java test that was written on paper—roughly 3 to 4 pages, with 75 minutes to complete it. What stood out was how much they seemed to be valuing raw coding performance over my prior experience.

The test itself was structured in a way that assumed I could finish everything quickly, with the expectation that I’d be done within about 2 to 3 minutes per question. The format made it feel especially uncomfortable because I wasn’t used to writing code on paper like that, and it turned into one of

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