Ion Group Software Engineer interview experience

It included a large block of MCQs pulling from aptitude, CS fundamentals, puzzles, and then a pair of medium-level coding questions. The scale of it stood out—only a small fraction of people seemed to pass, which made the whole thing feel high stakes from the beginning.

After the test, the next stages were more traditional interviews: I was scheduled for technical rounds where the problems leaned toward DSA and puzzles, and the technical content also connected back to fundamentals like DBMS/OS-style topics. The OA itself had the kind of mix that required switching mental gears