Pearson·Software Engineer

Pearson Software Engineer interview experience

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Colombo, WesternPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter touchpoint, I went into an online technical interview that lasted about an hour.

It was the longest interview I’d done so far, and it covered a wide spread of topics—starting with Java fundamentals and going into more advanced concepts, plus Git and version control practices. We also spent time on frontend development knowledge, and the discussion was rounded out with general software engineering concepts.

What surprised me was how much the interview also focused on how I communicated and how I approached problem-solving, not just whether I knew the technical details. The format felt like a serious depth interview rather than a quick screen. When the first technical

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