Phonescreen

(result in 2 days)

1. https://leetcode.com/problems/top-k-frequent-elements/ (expected quick select)
2. https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-word-abbreviation/

Also asked 2 behavioral questional

Onsite

(result in 1 week)

Coding

1. https://leetcode.com/problems/unique-paths-ii/description/ (accepted backtracking solution but asked to explain how to optimize runtime)
2. Variant of https://leetcode.com/problems/word-break-ii/ (accepted backtracking solution)

Coding

1. Variant of: https://leetcode.com/problems/accounts-merge/ (expected output structure was a bit different)
2. Merge 3 sorted arrays, variant of https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-sorted-array/ (used 3 pointers)

System Design

Hotels.com (had picked system/infra design, but got a product arch design)

System Design

Web Crawler (without using cloud services)

Behavioral

7 questions on XFN impact, conflict, mentoring etc.

Rejected. Breezed through all coding rounds, behavioral, and 1 design. Messed up one design round. Given my YoE (14), HC did not offer E5.