Ramsey Solutions Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

The whole process began with a 1 hour phone chat with a recruiter. Then, two weeks after that, I was sent a coding test to complete on hackerrank.com. A week after the coding test, I had a technical screen with two engineers who were in the role I applied for. A week following that, I interviewed with two engineering managers. A week after that, I had an interview with a senior leader. Finally, a week later, I got an email saying I didn't get the job.

I had an interesting time interviewing with Ramsey Solutions, they were professional and knew their stuff. There were 5 interviews total. First was a call with a technical recruiter. After I watched the first 3 lessons of FPU, I had another call with a technical recruiter and then did a take-home coding test. The test had unlimited time, wasn't project-based, but more like LeetCode where you implement a medium-level algorithm. Then, I had a technical interview with 2 software engineers who asked about my experiences and technical questions to gauge my knowledge depth. Next was a culture interview with 2 team leaders where they asked many "Tell me about a time where you..." questions, focusing on self-awareness, failures, and conflict resolution. The final interview was with a senior leader where I had to solve an easy logic game to show my problem-solving approach. After all this, I was told I wasn't moving forward because they needed someone with Java experience, which I don't have. While I could have learned it, they wanted someone ready to go immediately, which is fair, but I wish they'd mentioned the Java requirement earlier, perhaps before the fifth round.

The first call with HR was a total red flag. I'd looked at company reviews beforehand and saw a lot of people mentioning that their promotion process isn't clear. So, I asked directly about it: 'What processes or systems are in place to ensure that my career progress is influenced primarily by my results?' They responded with a bunch of jargon like KRAs and peer feedback, basically saying 'your promotion is ready when you are.' While KRAs and feedback are fine, that phrase is a cliché that stops any real conversation because it doesn't actually mean anything. A good company would say something like 'your promotion is ready *when you earn it*.' I bailed on the application after that call.