The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Allstate (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2019
Interview
I interviewed for a Software Developer I position at AllState's campus outside of Chicago. I was not really aware of their interview process, I had expected to be asked about my development experience but they asked the most basic of interview type questions, like what was one time you had to face adversity working with a team and how did you react. I got absolutely no questions about my software development abilities which threw me off. I was not prepared to be asked the same type of generic interview questions I was asked when I interviewed for my first job as a teen and hadn't ever had real difficulties working with other people so I struggled to answer the question which probably led to my rejection. The manager I spoke with didn't seem very engaged, I'm sure she had a ton of interviews to go through. Overall the phone screen lasted about 20 minutes and I might have waited a day or two before I got my rejection. The process for the interview was well done, they had another person communicate through email and it was all professionally done.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Describe a time you faced difficulty working on a team. What did you do to work through that difficulty?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Allstate (Bengaluru) in Dec 2025
Interview
I have attended 2 round, technical & manager round.
1st round they asked Java, SpringBoot, Java Basic Program.
2nd round Manager - real time project based questions like what design pattern you are using in your project, what architecture.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are instance variables and local variables? Where are they stored in memory?
All are Java question
Technical Interview: This round will focus on fundamental and applied technical questions related to full-stack development, including Java, React, and microservices architecture, to assess your problem-solving and coding abilities.
Managerial Interview: This stage will evaluate your project experience, ownership, collaboration, and decision-making approach when handling real-world technical and cross-functional challenges.
HR Round: A discussion on your overall performance, behavioral strengths, achievements, and alignment with organizational values and future growth opportunities
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
React Optimization techniques, JS basic questions like filter, reduce, for and map methods. Java collections, microservices.
One call with the recruiter, then a technical interview with the managing engineer and engineer from the team you will be on. Technical interview was 3 seperate questions. All separate question that did not build on one another.