Current Status

Company: Startup
Position: SDE 2
Location: Remote
Current YOE: 3.5 yrs

Interview Details

Company: GoDaddy
Position: SDE 2
Rounds: 3 (Behavioral + 2 Technical)
Location: Pune (my team will be wokring remote)

Round 1: Behavioral + Culture Fit (30-45 mins)

A discussion with the Hiring Manager about:

• Background & past experience
• Team culture & collaboration
• Challenges faced in previous roles

Round 2: Technical 1 (React + Frontend) (1 hour)

Problem:
Build a Movie Search Page in React.

• Fetch paginated results from an API.
• Implement search, pagination, and IMDB links.

Topics Covered:

• API calls & pagination
• State management in React (useState, useEffect)
• Performance optimizations

Follow-ups:

• How would you handle large datasets efficiently?
• How would you improve the UX?
• How would you structure this for production?

Round 3: Technical 2 (Backend + API Design) (1 hour)

Problem:
Find the fastest marathon runner

• API was paginated, so we needed an efficient way to fetch data.
• Consider rate limits & failure handling.

Topics Covered:

• Handling paginated API responses
• Optimizing for performance & rate limits
• Error handling & retries

Follow-ups:

• How would you optimize API calls for large data?
• How do you handle API failures in production?
• What if the API had strict rate limits?

Compensation Details - https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6599578/godaddy-offer-sde2-pune-remote-by-priya_-m0to/