got a loop coming up for a senior software engineer role on the digital/pharmacy apps team and I'm trying to get a real picture of what to expect.
from what I've gathered so far: there's a coding screen, at least one behavioral round, maybe a system design. but the job req was pretty vague and the recruiter was friendly but not super specific.
anyone interviewed for a tech or engineering role at CVS Health in the last 6-12 months? looking for: what the coding screen was like (leetcode-style or something more practical?) whether system design comes up and how deep it goes how much healthcare domain knowledge they actually expect coming in
any data points appreciated, I'll share my own debrief after.
4 replies
ml_mike
interviewed for a data engineering role adjacent to your team I think. coding screen was more practical than leetcode grinding. they gave me a real-ish problem about processing prescription data and asked how I'd structure the pipeline. no graph traversal puzzles. think about healthcare-adjacent scenarios when you prep.
backend_bekah
that's actually reassuring. I was dreading the grind-style prep. healthcare domain scenarios I can work with, my previous job was adjacent to pharma.
de_derek
system design for SWE roles came up in my loop and was not super deep. more 'how would you design a notification system for prescription refill reminders' than 'design twitter'. they wanted to see you think through the user and the edge cases, not whiteboard a distributed systems diagram.
careerveteran
domain knowledge question: they don't expect you to know PBM billing before you start. but they DO expect you to ask smart questions and demonstrate that healthcare context matters to you, not just the tech stack. that curiosity signal matters at companies where the mission is load-bearing.