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First round - Coding Second round - Design Design a booking reservation system like BookMyShow. * Where exactly will you lock the seat for 5 minutes? * Concurrency issues. * Which database will you use for each service?

Applied through LinkedIn. Received a call from a recruiter after two days. Was given an assignment to complete within two days. After submitting the assignment, I had an on-site interview. Attended two rounds of interviews.

Of the five engineers who interviewed me, only one asked questions that would distinguish a good engineer from a mediocre one. One interviewer asked a series of puzzles; most of them were easy and told the interviewer nothing about my ability to wri