Status

Current Role: Technical Consultant
Experience: 6 months internship + 7 months FTE
Current CTC: 10.3 LPA

Position Interviewed For: SDE-1 at Zeta (Directi)

Interview Process
1. Initial Recruiter Call
Recruiter reached out directly and asked about my experience with Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA).
Discussed my current company, role, and experience.

Round 1: DSA + Problem Solving (Coding Round)
Two coding questions:
Sliding Window Problem (Medium)
LeetCode Car Pooling Problem (Medium, Greedy Approach)
Successfully solved both problems.

Discussed Time Complexity and Space Complexity of my solutions.

Round 2: Frontend Technical Round (JavaScript Focused)
Topics Covered:
CSS & Styling: Specific questions on positioning properties.
(static , relative...)
DOM Manipulation
JavaScript Promises and Closures
Coding Task in JavaScript
Output-based questions on Closures

Round 3: Fitment + Advanced Frontend Round
React Concepts:
React Hooks
Debouncing & Throttling
React Lifecycle Methods
Grid vs Flexbox
Other Topics:
Why React is better than other frameworks?
SEO & Semantic Tags
HR Questions at the end.

Final Result
Positive feedback from all interviewers.
Received the offer after a few days.

Overall Experience
Interviewers were friendly and engaging.
The process was well-structured, covering both DSA and Frontend in depth.
Enjoyed the discussions on React performance optimization and UI principles.