background: 2019 passout. 1.5 YOE in a well established indian startup
Stage-1
60 mins hackerrank test, containing three questions based on two pointers, bfs.
questions are mentioned in this post- https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/1035630/Arcesium-Online-Assessment-or-Jan-2021-or-SDE-2-Backend-Position-or-3.5-Years-Experience-or-India
Stage-2
2 technical rounds and 1 hr round
First technical round-
question similar to LC 'rotten oranges' question was asked. was asked to code the solution also. few questions on past work experience.
Second technical round-
Given start and end position of a knight on a chess board, in how many moves can the knight reach end? was asked to code the solution. a question on how an object gets serializaed when used as a key in hashmap.
hr round-
discussion on why I want to switch, ctc expectation, culture fit questions.