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Intuit behavioral interview questions and values: what they actually ask vs what you'd expect

sam_recovering · 4 replies

I interviewed at Intuit twice. Once in 2023 (didn't get the offer) and once in early 2026 (did). The behavioral rounds changed a bit between the two so I'll talk about the recent experience.

Intuit publicly talks about their "prosperity for all" mission and their powering prosperity narrative. I went in expecting those values to be reflected in the questions and they were, but maybe not in the obvious way. It wasn't "tell me you care about small businesses." It was more situational.

Recent questions I actually got or heard from others in my cohort: "Tell me about a time you disagreed with a decision and how you handled it." Classic, but they pushed on what happened after you raised it. They want to know if you can influence without authority and move on. "Describe a situation where you had to deliver bad news to a stakeholder." Very common at Intuit. They serve SMB customers who are stressed about money, so communicating clearly under pressure matters to them. "Tell me about a time you had to learn something quickly to solve a problem." This came up across multiple rounds, I think they genuinely value intellectual curiosity and learning velocity. "Give an example of when you advocated for a customer." This one felt specific to Intuit's DNA. Think TurboTax users, QuickBooks small business owners, Credit Karma users.

The format was STAR-based. Interviewers would usually prompt for more detail on the Result part. They wanted quantified impact when possible, which was hard for me because I was coming from an ops role with fuzzy metrics.

My honest take: they're looking for people who are thoughtful under ambiguity, communicate well, and have genuine examples of caring about the end user. If you've worked in a customer-facing or product-adjacent role, lean into that.

The 2023 rejection was because I rambled and didn't quantify. 2026 I tightened my stories to under 2 minutes each and had rough numbers for impact. Night and day difference in how the conversations went.

4 replies

apm_aisha

The customer advocacy question makes total sense given their mission. Did you find they distinguished between behavioral rounds done by a recruiter vs an eng vs a PM? I'm applying for a TPM role and wondering if the questions shift at all.

sam_recovering

Good question. My recruiter screen had one light behavioral question, but the real behavioral round was with a senior IC on the team. The hiring manager also did a values conversation at the end which felt more like a two-way dialogue about team culture than a structured interview. TPM might get more cross-functional scenario questions.

careerveteran

The pattern of rejecting on behavioral rounds because people don't quantify is something I see constantly as a hiring manager. Most engineers can't explain their impact in numbers because they never had to. If you're prepping for Intuit or anywhere else: look at your last two projects and write down at least one number for each, even an estimate. Latency reduced by X%, ticket volume down Y%. Doesn't have to be perfect.

sam_recovering

This is exactly what my second attempt looked like. I spent an hour before the loop writing down rough estimates for every role I'd held. Even imprecise numbers help the interviewer understand scale and they can ask clarifying questions. Way better than 'I improved team efficiency.'