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Software Engineer Intern, PhD Interview Experience

January 15, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. The process took 4 weeks.

I had 2 interviews scheduled. 5 mins introduction about myself, then an introduction of a DSA-related computational problem. In one of the interviews, the problem was easy; and we discussed multiple approaches to solve the problem and time complexity-related and space complexity-related nuances. In the other interview, the problem was of medium difficulty; and most of the time was spent on implementing the solution. At the end, we quickly discussed the time complexity of the problem.

Questions

One was a dynamic programming knapsack problem. The other was a combination of two common DSA problems that were both of easy difficulty.

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