CRED | SDE | June 2022 | Accepted
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Education : B.Tech (Fresher 2022 passout).
Experience : 2+ years of Internship experience at MNCs and Startups. Both as Android + Backend developer. Currently interning at unicorn startup.

Role : SDE (Android Developer)
Job Posting : Seen an opening on linkedin jobs and applied there. Got a call back in a day and started with the assignment after a short discussion.

Hiring Process:
Round 1 - Assignment :

  • Just after the call from HR. In no time I got an assignment which should be fininshed and codebase should be shared in 24hrs.
  • The asignment is on developing POC on Animation heavy feature using Android native following all the Clean Arcitecture practices.
  • Its a full on project including handling API calls and view persistence

Round 2 - DSA & Puzzles : (1.5hrs)
Just after my assignment submission in no time my next interview is scheduled for following day.

  • This was on DSA and Puzzle solving
  • Started with the basics and later moved to various data structures. Most of them are on Medium Level.
  • Code will be written in google docs and not in any IDE. So they check your approach and the way you go with explaining your solution.

Round 3 - Core Android : (2.5hrs)
Again no time is given, with in a day gap the next round is scheduled.

  • This is completely on Core Android Fundamentals.
  • Starting from basic lifecycle based questions to grilling on Clean Architecture, they covered every part. There is also a part where you need to do a HLD for an app, and questions will be again asked based on your approach.
  • This round went more of like a discussion instead of 1 on 1 QnA session. So what they see is how well you can pick things and move forward as they add up more and more complexities to the same situation.

Round 4 - System Design + Managerial : (1.5hrs)
This happened with Head of Engineering Mobile. More of like a cultural fit round, but can expect a technical touch.

  • A good discussion on past experience. How I was handling stuff at each of the workplaces and how did they differ based on scale they operate. Basically to understand the roles I played apart from just being a software developer.
  • Then took up a mobile system design problem. Where I was asked to build Analytics SDK. You need to speak out loud on what you are thinking and interviewer will add questions in between.
  • Later it was on self awareness and other stuff to understand the career goals. Which looks simple but actually the hardest part of whole interview process. Questions were around, reason for moving to android from backend and things which I work on, apart from tech.

Later with in a day I got the confirmation from the HR that I am selected.

Overall, the hiring process is unique in itself. All the rounds tests your development skills rather than just grilling on DSA. For every round there are two interviewers in the panel and they made sure it was a discussion rather than just a QnA session.

Compensation: https://leetcode.com/discuss/compensation/2179511/cred-sde-1-fresher-2022/

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