4.5/5 (well-organized but intense)

Interview Process:

• OA (Online Assessment): 2 coding questions (LeetCode Medium/Hard) + behavioral MCQ (60 mins).
• Technical Phone Screen (45 mins): Live coding on a collaborative editor (e.g., problem-solving + optimization).
• Final Round (2 x 45-min virtual interviews):
  • Coding: Algorithm design + edge-case discussion.
  • System Design Lite: High-level design for a small-scale feature (e.g., API caching).
• Team Fit (30 mins): Casual chat with a potential team lead about projects and culture.

OA (Online Assessment):

• "Given a string, find the longest substring with at most K distinct characters." (LeetCode Medium variant)
• "Design a rate-limiting algorithm for an API." (Pseudocode + complexity analysis)

Phone Screen:

• "You’re given a grid representing a maze (0 = path, 1 = wall). Find the shortest path from start to end." (BFS/DFS follow-up: optimize for time/space).

Final Round (Coding):

• "Implement an autocomplete system using a trie. How would you handle scaling to millions of users?" (Trie operations + discussion on caching/sharding).

System Design Lite:

• "How would you design a tinyURL service?" (Focus on hashing, collisions, and database schema)