Optum Software Engineer Associate interview questions
Updated Feb 3, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 24%Applied onlineApplied online
- 12%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%OtherOther
Interview search
45 interviews
Optum interviews FAQs
- Software Engineer Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Optum with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 79% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Engineer Associate roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 38 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Optum overall takes an average of 12 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at Optum as a Software Engineer Associate according to 38 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Presentation: 14%
Background check: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Skills test: 9%
Phone interview: 8%
Other: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Personality test: 5%
Group panel interview: 3%
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