Optum Software Engineer interview experience

In the interview, they dug into my background first, including my academics and how I approached AI/ML and Python. I also got questions about libraries, MongoDB, and what I’d built in my project, including what improvements I was planning next.

Even with DSA showing up, I didn’t feel like it was only about getting the right answer. In my session, the DSA part felt relatively manageable, but the interviewer seemed to lean heavily on how I explained myself rather than purely on technical correctness. I left with the feeling that the overall evaluation didn’t fully match what I thought the