I was contacted by a recruiter.
I had one technical phone interview, and then I was invited onsite for four interviews.
Three of these interviews were algorithm and code-based, and one was a system design question.
The system design question was the most frustrating because the interviewer did not articulate which part was supposed to be designed until the very end.
I suggest asking a lot of questions and pressing the interviewer to state exactly what they want you to design.
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