Process
The recruiter contacted me via LinkedIn and was very friendly and nice.
I was then contacted by a software developer by phone and was asked two rather simple questions. I approached the questions too much like an undergraduate student, and they decided not to proceed further with me.
The major aspect of the interview concerned end cases and rare situations that could occur. I was also asked to design a series of unit tests for a certain method. I did not have to write any code, but rather explain what I would test for and why.
Questions
String manipulation question. Unit test question.
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