Process
I submitted my resume online.
After two weeks, the HR contacted me to arrange a phone interview. It lasted about 40 minutes.
The process involved writing code in a Google Doc and interacting with the interviewer via phone.
I was informed to get an onsite interview one working day after the phone interview.
Questions
- Merge two sorted lists.
- Merge k sorted lists.
He asked followed-up questions about memory allocation, the difference between heap and priority queue, time complexity, and a few issues with my STL usage.
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