I had an interview with them. The interviewer was so unprofessional and had no clue about what he was asking. AMEX seriously need to hire good engineers.
I have a good friend who’s principal over there. Great guy, extremely smart.
How very bigly of them.
Hard to judge a company based on a sample of one interviewer
True. Updated the title
Actually by the same logic, you CAN judge a big group by taking one sample in random. It should be close to the average.
I work at Amex and I’m a genius
Can I please get a referral ?
I faced similar interviewer at Amazon who expected specific way of problem solving
And who are you to say our engineers are bad, chosen by favoritism rather than knowledge/qualification? We already know that by ourselves
The interview experience differs based on team/department, but it's true my experience 1Y+ ago the interviews weren't technical at all. The focus was squarely on behavioral and team-culture fit. The "technical" assessment was trivial (less than leetcode easy level) and comments had typos. Don't think those typos were part of the test based on the interviewers surprised reaction lol. I got in and I'm pretty happy overall due to wlb and some chill folks I like working with daily. But we could def improve the hiring process and bump up the quality of our engineers.
Can I DM you for a potential referral?
Ya anytime
Not just engineering interviews. My interviewer was yawning throughout the interview and didn’t even say hello/good afternoon when I entered and greeted.
We have lots of good engineers. But we have bad ones too because the hiring bar isn't high.
AMEX don’t follow pip culture? Stupid to keep people who are not meeting the bar.
Any scope of referral for intern?