I applied for their Search and Discovery role, and a recruiter reached out to me.

The recruiter was very knowledgeable and knew a lot about the team.

My interview process involved:

• A call with the recruiter
• A call with the hiring manager (which included technical questions related to data structures)
• Two interviews:
  • One with an engineer, which involved a LeetCode-style question.
  • Another with an engineer focused on system design.

During the system design interview, we focused extensively on one aspect: how to get an accurate item count when users check out. We never reached the API portion or discussed data partitioning, which felt a bit strange for a system design interview. I suspect a specific answer was targeted.

Overall, I had a positive experience.

1. How do you count the number of squares in a grid where each index does or does not have a wall in the top, left, bottom, or right side?

2. How would you design an API or database for a list of GoPuff products? (This is the part they say I was not well-versed at.)