Putnam Investments Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Putnam Investments.
Putnam Investments
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 6 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Technical screen Onsite Recruiter call
Interview formats
Technical Technical Behavioral Behavioral
HR called to collect information. Then the BU Head called and we discussed the role and responsibilities. After that, there were 3 rounds of Technical Interviews - the first 2 from India and the 3rd from the US. Finally, there was a discussion with the Manager and BU head, followed by an HR round for salary discussion.
Confirmed questions7 questions
- Tell me about your experience with AWS.
- Can you explain your knowledge of Spring Boot?
- What is your experience with microservices architecture?
Putnam Investments
Software Developer
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite Background check Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
I met a recruiter at a college career fair and then had a fit interview on campus a couple of days later. A few weeks after that, I got an email to go to their Boston office for a day with 4 interviews. The first was a technical interview with a Senior Software Developer and a Technical Associate where I was asked the n-queens problem, which is a leetcode hard problem, and some other technical questions like SQL inner join, String vs Stringbuffer, and Map vs Set. The second interview was mostly fit with a Business Systems Consultant, focusing on my past projects. The third was a fit interview with a Manager and the fourth was with HR. I felt like I did well on all rounds except the first technical one, which I think was the most important. I got a rejection email within 10 days. The company does reimburse for travel expenses like parking, bus, or Uber.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Could you solve the n-queens problem, which is to fit 8 queens on an 8x8 chess board such that no two queens can attack each other?
- What is the difference between a Set and a Map, and between String and Stringbuffer?
- Explain an SQL inner join.
Putnam Investments
Software Engineer
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
I had a chat with the Senior Product Manager in Boston. It was pretty laid-back, but they did ask some technical questions, focusing on my projects and what I've done before, like what was on my resume. Since I'm also into Web Programming and HCI, they threw in a couple of quick questions about that stuff too.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Is Javascript essential for Web Development?
Putnam Investments Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Putnam Investments interview reports.
“What is a secure method for storing user passwords?”
Read reports →“What is the difference between a Set and a Map, and between String and Stringbuffer?”
Read reports →“Is Javascript essential for Web Development?”
Read reports →“Explain an SQL inner join.”
Read reports →“Could you solve the n-queens problem, which is to fit 8 queens on an 8x8 chess board such that no two queens can attack each other?”
Read report →“Could you explain how a 'remember me' button functions from a full-stack perspective?”
Read report →“Do you know the fizzbuzz problem?”
Read report →“Can you tell me about basic data structures?”
Read report →“Explain your process for Low-Level Design (LLD).”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 10 Putnam Investments interview reports.