Pearson Software Engineer interview experience

The online interview focused heavily on Java-related technologies, with the expectation that I could speak to specifics of how things work in that ecosystem. Later, there was an HR interview, which made the process feel like it was trying to balance pure technical depth with how I’d fit in.

The technical part wasn’t just abstract questions. I remember being asked to demonstrate a factory design pattern and to code it, plus some questions that were grounded in my background—like rating my Java knowledge on a scale and then talking through related concepts. Overall, the conversations stayed