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Questions were asked that you'd only know if you studied beforehand, i.e., things you wouldn't use on a day-to-day basis at any job. So even if you've had a software engineer job for a decade, you'll still need to do prep work to interview.

Asked to schedule a coding round. Haven't touched LCs in months. Prepped rigorously for a month and solved questions during the interview, receiving positive feedback from the interviewer. Got an email the next day saying I was rejected :)

Skipped the technical screen and went directly onsite due to a referral. There were 5 onsite interviews: * 4 coding * 1 system design The interviewers were very friendly. The questions were out-of-the-box and difficult, none that I had prepared for