The process took 5 days. I interviewed at CME Group (Bengaluru) in Apr 2016
Interview
I am quite impressed with the way they deal with candidates. Very nice people. HR received me at the reception and after introduction, she gave me the document which has information about the full day process and feedback form which I had to fill before leaving. There was a little delay in written test but after that all round was done quickly after previous one.
Good arrangements for snacks in waiting hall. I felt its worth to mention here since not all companies do this.
Coming to technical stuff now. There were 6 rounds in total.
1. Written test which has MCQ and coding questions
2. Technical interview : core java questions, collections and few basic data structure and algorithms questions.
3. Technical interview : Multi threading, design patterns which I had worked for and few other scenario questions on my answers
4. interview with Director : Mostly about project, good and bad about work I had done. What I am proud of and not proud of. What my manager think about me. If he call my manager, what would he say.
5. HR round : Again some project related questions and behaviourial questions to test the mental fitness in team
6. General discussion and compensation : This was the easiest one. There were few questions about project but most part was about work culture and duties post joining. And finally salary discussion
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
List basic questions, anagrams, hash map, immutable objects, multi threading
One call with recruiter who asked very basic questions but told me about hte position. Hour zoom with hiring manager with many technical questions. It was tough to understand with his hard accent. Another in-person meeting with two managers.
phone call oa and then a take home and finally a superday with sys design as well as some medium leetcode problems. overall i would say pretty standard for software engineers. also behavioral call with hr
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at CME Group (Belfast, Northern Ireland) in Nov 2025
Interview
There was one assessment day that consisted of a group interview and a individual technical & software skills interview.
Everyone was really friendly and helpful throughout the entire process, with the interviewers doing a great job guiding you so you show the full extent of your knowledge on topics.