quietquit_quincy · 3 replies
interviewing at intuit in about 3 weeks for a senior SWE role on the payments team. doing this on lunch breaks so i haven't had a ton of time to prep. anyone with a recent loop willing to share what the onsite actually felt like? specifically: how hard was the system design, and how much did behavioral matter compared to the technical rounds?
did intuit earlier this year for a staff role. system design was medium-complexity. they gave me a payments scenario (which given you're on the payments team, makes sense). they're not trying to trick you, they want to see that you understand tradeoffs around consistency vs. availability in a financial context. the behavioral rounds mattered more than i expected. they almost felt like peer interviews where they're checking if you'd be tolerable to work with.
the behavioral weight is real. i've heard from a few people who blew through the technical rounds and then got dinged on behavioral. intuit seems to actually debrief on both dimensions and both can kill you.
counterpoint: i had a loop where the system design panelist basically ran a lecture at me and never let me redirect. not every panelist is well-calibrated. don't over-index on secondhand data about what the "hard part" is. it's going to vary by team.