SDE 2 - Interview had about six total rounds, including the recruiter conversation

1. After my resume was shortlisted, a recruiter set up a 30-minute call with me to understand more about my background and my fit for the role.

2. Then was a technical screen over Zoom with the staff engineer where they asked a low-level design style coding question (not the typical LeetCode round) - you would be required to share your own IDE.

3. After clearing the technical round was the loop round with 4 rounds.

• System Design round
• Project deep dive: share a project of your choice and explain the architecture, design decisions, and different aspects of the project. A principal software engineer took this interview for me, so there were a lot of questions related to the design choices, current drawbacks of the design, some improvements, etc. This is a 1 hour round so be prepared.
• Hiring Manager Round: standard behavioral questions
• Data Structures and Algorithm (similar to technical phone screen, you would be required to share your own IDE)

• Share a project of your choice and explain the architecture, design decisions, and different aspects of the project. A principal software engineer took this interview for me, so there were a lot of questions related to the design choices, current drawbacks of the design, some improvements, etc.

• Distributed cache with some follow-up questions. I practised using Hello Interview. In the interview, they didn't really ask to design it from the scratch. They have a system design diagram with some pitfalls (e.g. writes are slow) they would ask you targeted questions like what could you do to improve write efficiency. Then they ask follow-ups on your answer. Overall, it was more like a 60 minute discussion on your choices.