Process
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks.
Passed Online Assessment (OA). Advanced to a 30-minute phone interview that included a live coding component.
During the interview, I was asked about Depth-First Search (DFS) and solved a “Number of Islands” problem, which required applying graph traversal concepts to identify and count connected components in a 2D grid. I explained my reasoning, chose DFS as the traversal strategy, and worked through the implementation while discussing time and space complexity.
This round tested both my problem-solving approach and my ability to communicate technical thinking clearly under time constraints.
Questions
Number of islands (problem on leetcode)
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