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- ZscalerSenior · Backend Engineer
Zscaler Engineer in Tel Aviv: team lead chat, an onsite with Min Stack, an append-only log SQL problem and LRU Cache, then the R&D director
3 rounds, half behavioural. Min Stack, an append-only log SQL problem, LRU cache, then the R&D director. Nothing exotic if you've done the lists.
By Marcus ClarkPublished
- CarGurusMid-level · Software Engineer
CarGurus Interview Process - Mid-level Software Engineer
An interviewer from CarGurus reached out to me directly about the role, and that led to a phone screen. I didn’t end up getting an offer, but I came away with a good sense of what they’re looking for. To prepare, I spent most of my time on
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- Goldman SachsJunior · Fullstack Engineer
Goldman Sachs Interview Process - Junior Fullstack Engineer
I got an offer for a Fullstack Engineer role at Goldman Sachs. There were six rounds: a HackerRank test, a CoderPad interview, a three-round Superday and a final design round. Round 1: HackerRank Three coding problems, mostly medium DSA and
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- UberMid-level · Backend Engineer
Uber Interview Process - Mid-level Backend Engineer
Uber SDE II Interview Experience | 6 Rounds My Uber SDE II interview process had six rounds in total: an online assessment, a business phone screen, and four full-loop interviews. Round 1 - Online Assessment (CodeSignal) The OA had four cod
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- CventSenior · Fullstack Engineer
Cvent Interview Process - Senior Fullstack Engineer
I was part of an interview drive for the Senior Software Engineer position at Cvent India. The first two rounds happened on the same day, followed by a system design round. Round 1 Coding and Data Structures Implement a data structure based
By Suman KumarPublished
- TeslaSenior · Fullstack Engineer
Tesla Software Engineer: Codility OA, a React infinite scroll screen, an onsite with Trapping Rain Water, an OTA fleet update LLD and a telemetry pipeline, then Evidence of Excellence
Codility OA, React infinite scroll screen, 4-round onsite (Trapping Rain Water, OTA update LLD, telemetry HLD), then the Evidence of Excellence write-up.
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- AnthropicStaff · Software Engineer
Anthropic Staff Engineer: Word Break II, a message ingestion pairing round, a Distributed Task Scheduler design, then a rejection after the hiring manager round
Word Break II, a brutal pairing round on message ingestion, task scheduler design, then hiring manager. Rejected. Have a view on AI safety.
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- WayveMid-level · Software Engineer
Wayve Application Software Engineer in Leonberg: factorial three ways, a hiring manager chat and a self-driving simulation system design
Referral. Factorial three ways with complexity follow-ups, hiring manager, a simulation system design, two behavioural rounds. 3 weeks total.
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- MonzoSenior · Backend Engineer
Monzo SE III in London: CV deep dive, a Java web crawler take-home and a top N songs system design
CV deep dive, web crawler take-home in Java with a review call, then a top-N songs design at Spotify scale. Have your Redis answer ready.
By Nora NguyenPublished
- DisneySenior · Software Engineer
Disney Senior Engineer in Los Angeles: phone screen, a graph BFS coding round and a data pipeline system design on Excalidraw
Phone screen, a tech screen mixing resume questions with a BFS problem, then a 40 minute data pipeline design on Excalidraw. Nice loop.
By Marcus ClarkPublished
