The College Board Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

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United StatesPosted Jul 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

Not long after I applied online, a recruiter reached out and quickly arranged an introduction call with a higher-up in HR.

It was about 30 minutes, and the whole conversation focused on my resume and experience details rather than asking for any technical implementation.

We walked through the projects I’d done and which languages I’d used. Java was a key requirement for the role, and I was upfront about the fact that while I had experience, it wasn’t my strongest area because my consulting work had taken me across many technologies and Java wasn’t always the core tool. I explained when I had used it and when other workstreams had pulled me away from it, and then I asked directly whether Java was going to be a

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