There is a meeting with a panel of engineers that work with the company and you describe briefly your past experiences and projects you have worked on as well as go over your resume.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you describe a project you may have built in college or on your own?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Fidelity Investments in Oct 2021
Interview
(May have skipped a phone screen bc of a referral)
One 45min interview: starts with some behavioral/resume/portfolio questions (really just depends on whatever the interviewer wants to ask after looking at your application); bulk of the interview was pair-programming in whatever language you feel comfortable in (1-2 Easy/Med LC depending on how fast you go)
Received a call from the hiring manager telling me I moved forward and giving feedback and advice for next rounds.
Two more technical interviews: also pair-programming. One was LC-esque, and the other was something written out by some employees to reflect more real-world financial application (though honestly felt like coding simple math - don't overthink it)
Loved all the interviewers I had. They were really intentional about making it feel like actual, friendly pair-programming. Very fun and genuine team. :)
Only negative part of the experience was lack of communication, despite follow up emails, for over a month after my last interview.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Fidelity Investments (Boston, MA) in Jan 2021
Interview
Started following one of their Principal Software Engineers who says they help coding bootcamp grads on LinkedIn. They started writing about how things would really slow down because there is a holiday slow down.
I reached out on LinkedIn and he kept trying to scare me about why no one hires a junior engineer. Ultimately, was trying to make me pay him thousands of dollars for interview coaching.
This man sells fear and isn't trying to help coding bootcamp grads.