Schroders Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

I went through multiple rounds. There was a manager call, then a technical test with live coding and questions, and then another technical leadership assessment. The interviewers were tough, but the engineers were helpful and seemed to want me to succeed, unlike at other places where they feel like they're trying to trick you.

Applied via recruiter. First was a take-home coding test focused on performance, formatting, and production-level quality. Took 4 business days to hear back after chasing recruiter a few times. Response from recruiter was: 'Unfortunately we don't want to progress with the (candidate). Incorrect approach.' Refused to give more feedback as 'it gives away the game for future candidates'. Challenge was okay, but feedback was bad. Saying an incorrect approach was used when none was specified is weird. Would have expected discussion or useful feedback instead of wasting candidate time. Fine not proceeding, but would appreciate being upfront and/or more detailed.

I had two interviews. The first one had two technical tests that were written and had to be done in 40 minutes. The second interview was an hour long and I talked with two "experts" and someone from the business side who said they were a "developer" too. The whole process was really disorganized. I was given the wrong spec and the recruiter at Schroders gave me bad info about the tests. Even with that, I passed the technical test and got invited to the second interview. In the second interview, they asked more technical questions that honestly could have been part of the technical test, so it felt like a waste of time. I got so bored with it halfway through and lost interest because the questions just kept getting worse. One of the developers then went on a rant about a question, and I could tell they were just reading from a book and didn't really know how to program in the real world. But the biggest issue was they didn't want you to ask any questions about the job. They'd be like "Got any questions?" and I'd start to ask and they'd cut me off saying "Sorry, time's up". It really showed me how dysfunctional Schroders is, or maybe it was just this specific team. I wasn't expecting it because of other reviews I saw on Glassdoor.