Optum·Software Engineer

Optum Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United KingdomPosted Dec 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had three interviews total: one with HR, one with a hiring manager, and a third with the hiring manager accompanied by two senior engineers.

Across all three, the discussions leaned on my experience, and the last conversation went a bit deeper into C coding practices. The overall format felt like it was truly evaluating technical fit as well as how I’d work in the team.

What hurt most was what happened after the third interview. That was supposed to be the final round, but instead of any next steps, I was essentially ghosted—no responses to messages sent to the HR contact, even with the hiring manager copied.

I didn’t receive an offer. My reflection was that the interviewing itself was solid, but the lack of communication

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