I interviewed for Headout for SDE-2 Profile around May,22
YOE: 2 Years at a Product Based Startup
Round 1 [1 Hour ]
This was an elemination round
1 DSA Question
https://leetcode.com/problems/increasing-triplet-subsequence/
Then he moved to Java and Spring fundamentals + What is ACID Properties. + Difference b/w Sql and NoSql , When to use Sql and when to use NoSql . OOPS concepts with example , Output problems on the same
Verdict: Cleared
Round 2 [ 1.5 Hour ]
It was an HLD+LLD Round
LLD Question was to implement a Logging library which not only printed the log but also if a protocol comes in so it should trigger an event, such that a message to a Kafka Broker or to SQS , and be compatbile such that in the future as well if a new mechanism comes in we should be able to use it
Was not able to come up with a final solution for this but interviewer said was very close
HLD was to Design Cowin, So had a good discussion around the same as to around functional and non-functional requirements and how to handle OTP at stages , and the DB Design for getting Slot availability
Verdict: Cleared
Round 3 [ 1.5 Hour ]
It was a Hiring Manager Round
Most of the questions were around project discussions and he asked me to do a HLD of my most favourite project i had worked on what all design decisions were made around the same
There was another round of offer discussion round for the same