ServiceNow | Staff Engineer | Interview Experience | Hyd | Data Analytics Team
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Applied via Linkedin
Current: 10 YOE
Round 1:

Asked questions about current work and projects
DSA - Problem around finding disconnected components in a graph

Solved it using DFS

Feedback - Positive

Round 2:

DSA - Find number of paths from top-left to bottom-right in a grid with obstacles

Solved using DFS

System Design - Design an analytics platform

Requirements: Move data from various sources (MongoDB, RDS) to an OLAP database for analytical queries
Discussed data ingestion pipelines, ETL processes, and query optimization

Feedback - Positive

Round 3:

Interviewer seemed unprepared and unclear on what to assess
Randomly asked questions on ACID properties and database concepts
Before I could complete answers, he would jump to the next topic
After ~20 mins, asked to design a Web Crawler

I had practiced this problem before, so knew the approach
However, interviewer wasn't actively listening to my proposed solution
Kept asking unrelated questions that didn't align with my design
Every time I tried to clarify requirements, he moved to the next question without understanding

Lost interest midway and stopped engaging fully

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