Macquarie Group Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

New York, NYPosted Aug 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a behavioural interview with a recruiter, and it was pretty standard—background, motivation, and general fit.

After that, I completed an online psychometric and cognitive assessment, and then I moved into rotational-style interviews with multiple team members.

That final rotation is where things turned negative for me. One interviewer came in with a dismissive, confrontational tone almost immediately, and the vibe felt adversarial rather than collaborative. The conversation focused less on discussing my experience in a fair way and more on challenging whether my background was legitimate. Eventually the interviewer ended the interview early, and it even carried over into the process because I was

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