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Fun, interesting, and exciting, but mentally exhausting. Two online interviews, one hour each. The onsite consisted of four interviews, one hour each, with a lunch break between the second and third interviews. During the lunch break, I was shown a
Technical interview using Google Docs. The interview involved a question requiring a solution presented in pseudocode and Java code. The interviewer also asked about the Big O time and space complexity of the provided solution.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. The recruiter I was scheduled to have a call with was terrible. First, she didn't even remember the date our call was scheduled for; I had to remind her via email after waiting over an hour for her call. O
Fun, interesting, and exciting, but mentally exhausting. Two online interviews, one hour each. The onsite consisted of four interviews, one hour each, with a lunch break between the second and third interviews. During the lunch break, I was shown a
Technical interview using Google Docs. The interview involved a question requiring a solution presented in pseudocode and Java code. The interviewer also asked about the Big O time and space complexity of the provided solution.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. The recruiter I was scheduled to have a call with was terrible. First, she didn't even remember the date our call was scheduled for; I had to remind her via email after waiting over an hour for her call. O