Wells Fargo interview questions

Had two rounds of interview. The first round was about stochastic calculus and option pricing, and the second round was about option pricing again. The interviewer in the second round was focused around the topic of Black Scholes.

I applied online through the Wells Fargo careers portal in January and got a HackerRank coding assessment within a few days. The assessment covered basic programming problems and logical reasoning questions, nothing too difficult if you have a programming background. After passing the HackerRank, I received a pre-screening questionnaire via email asking me to confirm work authorization eligibility, acceptance of the salary, availability for a pre-selected start date, and willingness to work hybrid 3 days per week. Once I confirmed everything, the interview was scheduled for February. The interview was a one-hour video panel with two senior engineering leaders: a VP of Engineering Leadership and a Principal Engineer/Executive Director. They asked detailed questions about SDLC and Agile methodologies, test automation frameworks and tools like Selenium and Playwright, strategies for handling flaky tests and test maintenance, CI/CD pipeline integration, and behavioral questions about past project experiences, problem-solving approaches, and teamwork. The interviewers were professional, engaged, and gave me the full hour. Post-interview is where things completely fell apart. The recruiter was initially responsive, saying I should expect an update within 1-2 weeks. Two weeks later, I followed up and got a response that I was "still under consideration," they were continuing interviews with other candidates, and asking if I'd still be available for the pre-selected start date, which I confirmed right away. On the day before the supposed start date, I sent another follow-up asking about the timeline. That evening, I got a rejection email with no explanation or feedback after 26 days of waiting. The recruiter who had been responsive throughout the early process never replied to my final follow-up and completely ghosted after sending the rejection.