The first round started off with a technical manager round. It was a very good whiteboard-based session where all questions and their corresponding answers were asked to be explained on the whiteboard.

Unlike many other companies, I was not being evaluated based on what I've done and if they are working on that specific tech or not. Instead, I was evaluated based on what I can achieve, my learning curve, my ability, and my hunger to do more.

There were four rounds like this, with design-level, program-level, and deep Java-level questions.

How a hashmap works internally.

Design an end-to-end system for an employee system, i.e., UI plus backend.