I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks.

Standard big-tech process, with a few caveats: the coding interview is not algorithmic (like leetcode), but rather a problem to solve using data structures. In addition to that, there is a debugging interview where we have to find bugs in software that are causing tests to fail, a System Design interview, and an AI coding interview. AI coding is okay, building full-stack software using Claude, Cursor, or Codex. The System Design one is very similar to Big Tech, but the impression I got was that the interviewer was asking tricky questions and playing against me; it wasn't an interview like the ones I've seen at other companies, where the interviewer kind of works along with you. The worst part, however, was the response. I received a standard email saying they aren't moving forward with my application and telling me to let them know if I'd like to schedule a call to discuss feedback. The only problem is that this email was sent from a no-reply@... address, so I have no way to reply and ask for feedback.

• Implement money transfer software, like Cash App, Venmo (AI)
• Design a system to compute and use points on credit card usage (System Design)