JPMorgan Chase interview notes, page 3 of 7

“This is the kind of question that sounds easy until you're actually in it and realize you've been talking for four minutes and haven't gotten to the point yet.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at JPMorgan Chase, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is the kind of question that seems easy until you're actually saying words out loud.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at JPMorgan Chase, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is basically cycle detection on a directed graph, which I knew going in, but I fumbled the implementation a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at JPMorgan Chase, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was to just list UX problems but that felt too shallow.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at JPMorgan Chase, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started by splitting things into domains: catalog, cart, inventory, order, payment, fulfillment.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at JPMorgan Chase, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight for sorting the array first, which is the right move, but I fumbled explaining why for a second.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at JPMorgan Chase, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I'd seen domino tiling problems before but always on 2xN grids, so the 3xN version threw me more than I expected.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at JPMorgan Chase, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one sprawled fast.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at JPMorgan Chase, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went in thinking I'd just list pros and cons and that would be enough.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at JPMorgan Chase, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was to sort both halves and compare, which works but I fumbled explaining the complexity.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at JPMorgan Chase, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.