I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at American Express (Phoenix, AZ) in Dec 2015
Interview
LinkedIn recruiter contacted based on skills and projects irrespective of role or position
1. Technical Interview with two members lasting for 45 minutes each stressing on skills.
2. Onsite interview 3 rounds (1 hour 2 members each) at the Office.
3. Additional Onsite Interview based with a team member who delayed interview against scheduled time and conducted as general knowledge.round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Projects, Spring Framework, Database Normal Forms, Core Java, Tomcat Connection Pooling, how to able design a website to handle large incoming traffic, Choosing a database, Networking commands in Linux, JavaScript callbacks, Stacks and Queues and working of SSL/TLS protocol.
Easy
Asked basic springboot actuator
Api
Coding was easy only 1 merge sort
For 3.5 years experience
Overall easy for 3 years of experience
Interview was not tough at all
Interview went well very straightforward questions. Nothing awfully complex. I really like how they structured everything. Looking forward, attempting this again in the future. very huge company with lots of opportunity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me more about your background and what brought you here
First round is an online Hirevue with behavioral questions and MC and second round is 1 hr 45 min behavioral plus technical w two engineers not sure if that’s the final round though