Tier 3 College
YOE : 2.5 | Product based company
Sept 04 2024
Saw linkedin post from HR that they were looking for SDE 2 messaged her with my resume. Got a call within couple of hours and given the OA linkSept : 07 2024
OA - 90 min
two questions
1) OOPS - Need to design inerface and imp class - easy - done in 15 min
2) DSA - using priority queue - hard - took 60 minSept 12 2024
Reached HR and confirmed that i have cleared OA
Round 1
Sept 23 2024 - 10:00 AM
DSA - planned 45 min took 1 hour
Interviewer : SDE 3 in chennai
1) asked to explain the logic for the OA Answers
2) dive deep into priority queue internal working - how heap works internally for get , add , delete
3) Given group of strings and threshold value Need to return true if all prefix with size threshold are equal
explained the approach , time and space and gave the code
follow - up : what if strings are sorted ? can we reduce time complexity ?
Feedback : she is highly satisfied with my code and theory knowledge
TakeAway : should be good in DSA , time and space complexity
Round 2
Sept 25 2024 - 12:00 pm
Specialization round : 45 min
Interviewer : MTS 1 in chennai - Manager
1) quick intro both of them
2) challenges faced in current project
3) need to decrypt a string. i/o - "bcd" k = 2 o/p - "zab"
4) mainly focused on production ready code instead of logic -
Eg : where will your make variables ? how you seperate this method etc..
5) didn't share the feedback . But myself did well with some of her help TakeAway : should write prodcution ready code eg : naming convenstions , good design pattern
Round 3
Sept 26 2024 - 4:00 pm
System design - planned 45 min | actual 70 min
Interviewer : MTS 1 in bengaluru
1) Design uber -
Functional requirments , Non functional requirment , estimation of data , which db will you use
2) Asked java questions
multithreading - Design two thread to make race condition , atomic integer
hashmap - how works internally ? , make keys as pojo , how will find duplicate internally
3) what LLD patterns you know
Factory design
Builder pattern
stratogy pattern
singleton
4) what is transaction ? Feedback - he is okay - he said not good and not bad
Round 4
Sept 27 2024 - 2:00 pm
Bar raiser round - 45 min
Interviewer : Senior Engineering director - chennai
1) big introduction from both side
2) explained my projects i have worked on
3) conflicts with cross teams
4) how you deal with negative feedback from your manager
5) explain how you approach the tech issue with non tech customer
6) fully behavioural and leadership questionsFeedback : didn't ask since it was kind of discussion not Q n A
TakeAway : stay honest if you have relevent answer then explain else simply say i don't have those kind of experiance.
Sept 30 - Recieved Mail that i have cleared all rounds