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It was an internal referral. The recruiter contacted me, then scheduled the initial/manager interview with a lead from a different team. I found it very interesting that the interview was conducted by another lead who would have been a peer if I had

The process was quite difficult, with several rounds including: * HR screening * Phone interview * Full round with Behavioral, Leadership, and Technical rounds. The Technical round included LeetCode tasks with easy complexity problems.

I only made it to the first round and was rejected. I had the most optimal solution in all cases but forgot to mention a more optimal solution that was possible in some cases, which led to my rejection. I was stunned when I was rejected, but later