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Software Engineer New Grad Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

November 1, 2024
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied using a referral.

4 rounds:

  • Round 1: Problem Solving
  • Round 2: Binary Search Question
  • Round 3: Recursion Question
    • Scenario: You are given a directory. Inside this directory, there can be multiple subdirectories and multiple files. Each file has a size. The task is to calculate the total file size of the entire directory.
    • Follow-up: Implement a cache. If the file size has already been calculated, return it from the cache. Otherwise, calculate the file size and store it in the cache.
  • Round 4: Behavioral Round

Questions

I was asked to determine the total file size of a directory.

This directory can contain multiple subdirectories and files. Each file has a specific size.

Follow-up question: Implement a cache.

If a file's size has already been calculated, retrieve it from the cache. Otherwise, calculate the file size and store it in the cache.

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