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- WiseSenior · Backend Engineer
Wise Senior Engineer: Merge Intervals OA, circuit breaker pairing and a payment gateway with distributed transactions
Merge Intervals OA, pair programming on a circuit breaker, payment gateway design that goes deep on distributed transactions. Accepted.
By Daniel KhanPublished
- CiscoSenior · Software Engineer
Cisco Senior Software Engineer in Oranmore: conversational theory round, Number of Islands in Java, whiteboard design and IntelliJ debugging
Three rounds in Oranmore. Mostly conversational: OOP, patterns, SQL theory, Number of Islands in Java, then a whiteboard of my own system.
By Daniel KhanPublished
- VanguardJunior · Software Engineer
Vanguard Junior Engineer: OOP multiple choice, Two Sum and Valid Parentheses, then behavioural and CS fundamentals
Fastest, most relaxed loop I've done. OOP MCQs + Two Sum + Valid Parentheses, recruiter, behavioural, then CS fundamentals.
By Thomas WhitePublished
- Capital OneMid-level · Software Engineer
Capital One Software Engineer: CodeSignal OA, recruiter screen and a four-round Power Day
CodeSignal OA (4 questions), recruiter screen, then a Power Day with system design, a business case with CSVs and a 3-step OOP problem.
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- OpenAISenior · Software Engineer
OpenAI Senior Engineer in San Francisco: Decode String, a GitHub Actions system design and Stream Parsing and Sliding Windows
Decode String live, design GitHub Actions (queue fairness, noisy neighbours), then two coding rounds + behavioural. Accepted. Grind and you can do it.
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- ArmNew grad · Software Engineer
Arm New Grad: OS concepts screen, then Reverse Bits, a Rate Limiter design and caching questions
New grad, 3 stages in 3 weeks. OS questions, then Reverse Bits + rate limiter design + caching. Offer the next day. Prep OS and caching.
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- OptiverIntern · Software Engineer
Optiver SWE Intern in Sydney: a brutal OA, a fast-paced behavioural round, TCP/UDP fundamentals and an order book LLD at the Superday
Intern loop in Sydney, 2 months. Hard OA, a weirdly stressful behavioural, CS fundamentals, then a Superday with an order book LLD.
By Clara ByrnePublished
- RakutenMid-level · Fullstack Engineer
Rakuten Engineer in Singapore: a two-week loop with Merge k Sorted Lists, Divide Two Integers, a banking app design and Spring Boot and React questions
Two weeks from OA to final. Merge k Sorted Lists + Divide Two Integers, a banking app design, some Spring Boot/React questions, then the manager.
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- AffirmStaff · Backend Engineer
Affirm Staff Engineer: recruiter and HM screens, a recursive revenue HackerRank and a payment processing design with idempotency keys
Standard Affirm loop. Recruiter + HM screens, a recursion problem on HackerRank, then a payment processing design that goes deep on idempotency.
By Camila PatelPublished
- CiscoNew grad · Software Engineer
Cisco Interview Process - New grad Software Engineer
Recently appeared for the Cisco G6 SDE interview. The overall experience was good, with questions covering projects, DSA, and core CS fundamentals. 1. Project Discussion The interview started with an introduction and discussion about my pro
By josM3XuIDxPublished