Sr. Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Discover with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sr. Software Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Discover overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Discover as a Sr. Software Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
One on one interview: 26%
Skills test: 21%
Group panel interview: 11%
Drug test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Discover (Riverwoods, IL) in Sep 2023
Interview
Met with their top "architect". Using quotes here because IMO someone who has been with the company 20+ years with good knowledge about the company but outdated/stale skills in the area of modern software engineer was probably promoted to that position for other reasons. They asked me questions that were hot about 15 years ago. I did not get an offer but would think twice before accepting it as I got a pretty vivid picture of my future there.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between monolith and microservices based systems. Advantages using microservices. Interviewer seemed more interested in finding holes in your Resume than assessing your skills. They clearly hadn't prepared for the interview and were going over my Resume during the process.
5 rounds of interview. First round 30 mins technical. Then next four rounds of 1 hour each (again technical). One was behavioral and last one was white board session. One round was with hiring manager and other were with team leads.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
REST API, Springboot, Behavioural round, other technical questions on Java
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Discover in Feb 2024
Interview
Went through back to back 6 interviews which had same/similar very basic and naïve questions. This showed maturity of that organization. I would always stay away from an organization where majority of people are non-technical and expect the developer to deliver everything!!!