Prudential·Software Engineer

Prudential Software Engineer interview experience

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Newark, NJPosted Oct 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The toughest path I took started with a video interview that asked about my background and fit—mostly behavioral-style questions about what I’d done and what I was looking for.

What caught me off guard was the coding component: even though it was described as untimed and there was a video explanation that laid out a thought process, the actual problems were long and hard to unwind.

Instead of a couple short prompts, I ended up facing two separate coding assessments and trying to stay systematic while the questions kept going. There were also multiple behavioral asks mixed into the flow, so I felt like I had to juggle context switching rather than just focus on one problem end to end.

I used a lot of mental bandwidth during those sessions, and it showed in the way

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