Macquarie Group Software Engineer interview experience

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Houston, TXPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I only had three interviews in total, which stood out because it was shorter than some of the longer multi-round paths.

The first conversation was with the hiring manager. The next two were both code-based: one happened on a whiteboard and the other was with the head of engineering.

Because the technical rounds were split between different leadership levels, the discussions felt like they were checking both execution and how I thought through engineering problems. I went in expecting coding questions and that’s exactly what I got, without a lot of unrelated tangents.

Ultimately I didn’t receive an offer. My reflection was that the process was focused and coherent across the three stages, but the coding

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