went through the full Humana SWE loop a few months ago for a senior engineer role on their digital health platform team. sharing notes because the info online is thin and what's there is outdated.
timeline: recruiter screen, then a 60-min online assessment, then three 45-min virtual rounds with a panel, then a "values" conversation with an HR-side person. total elapsed time was about 5 weeks from first contact to offer.
the online assessment was two medium LC problems on HackerRank. given 90 minutes. i got a graph traversal problem and a string manipulation problem. not particularly tricky if you've been grinding, but the platform felt dated.
the three panel rounds were split roughly: one coding/DS+A deep dive (30 min problem, 15 min Q&A) one system design round: designing a claims processing notification system, handling millions of members one behavioral + architecture discussion with what sounded like a tech lead
the coding was not FAANG hard. medium difficulty, emphasis on correctness and explaining tradeoffs over blazing speed. they asked me to talk through complexity. they weren't looking for whiteboard theater, more like: do you understand what you're writing.
the system design was interesting. healthcare context matters here. the interviewer specifically asked about HIPAA-aware data handling in an event-driven architecture. i mentioned Kafka with field-level encryption, audit logging, and least-privilege IAM. got positive signals on that angle.
one thing worth knowing: Humana is pretty process-heavy. they asked in the behavioral portion whether i'd be comfortable working in a highly regulated environment and following SDLC documentation requirements. if you're used to scrappy startup shipping, worth thinking through how you'd answer that honestly.
not FAANG comp but also not bad for Louisville (their HQ) or for remote roles. my offer was around 145-155 base for senior. they don't have RSUs, at least not at the level i was interviewing for. bonus is real though, 10-15%.
if you have questions about any specific round, drop them below.