Intercontinental Exchange·Software Engineer

Intercontinental Exchange Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

Chicago, ILPosted Jan 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through what felt like a quick, tightly run sequence, and the questions were tough.

First, I got a short recruiter call that same week, lasting around ten minutes—quick, efficient, and focused. After that, I moved straight into an onsite interview that lasted about two hours, and it was clearly designed to probe deeper technical understanding.

The tough questions were asked throughout that onsite block, so the experience felt intense rather than casual. I didn’t get the sense that it was trying to pad time or be conversational; it was more like they wanted to pressure-test whether I could handle the hard parts of the role.

In the end, I wasn’t offered the job, and while

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