Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto un giorno. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Morningstar (Chicago, IL) nel mese di lug 2009
Colloquio
The interview was mainly asking whether I was competent enough to do a software developer job with a non-software background, and whether I would be willing to learn financial knowledge, both of which I was asked three times with different way of asking. The interviewer was alright but was not very clear in talking, and there was a second person who stays quiet most of the time in the background, which sometimes made me slightly awkward.
Will update this when I move on with the interview.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
What was the greatest challenge you encountered in college (i.e. projects)?
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Morningstar (Boston, MA)
Colloquio
round 1 Is a 30 minute interview with the senior manager, basically does a deep dive into projects and skills in your resume and then technical questions. round 2 Is onsite
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Morningstar (Chicago, IL)
Colloquio
I asked the HR contact what type of questions/assessment the interview would consist of, and they said whiteboarding technical problems. The actual interview surprisingly was questions about my experiences instead.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
How did you and your team for this project on your resume decide on your tech stack?
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Morningstar (Londra, Inghilterra) nel mese di nov 2025
Colloquio
2 hour interview with different stages:
- review of a take home technical task
- technical questions
- coding problem
- design challenge
- team fit
- questions
I didn't pass the technical part - so never got to team fit/questions stage.
But the first part felt unpleasant due to interviewers attitude.
There were 2 interviewers (Senior Software Engineers) who introduced themselves, but never given me time to introduce myself as well - I had to take initiative myself to do that.
I am not a star developer and I can understand I might have made not a very good impression, but this does not entitle interviewers to treat me without respect. In the end it's them who invited me to the interview.
Sometimes it felt like they didn't even listen to what I was answering and then telling me things as if I didn't told same things before.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
- Access modifiers in C++
- Polymorphism in C++
- Templates in C++
- Difference between stack and heap
- Difference between malloc and new
- RAAI
- What is deadlock