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Classic SWE loop with heavy emphasis on code speed, system design, and behavioral. If you want to level higher, focus on system design and behavioral. Those rounds are used to level you.

Applied through referral. Took a week to schedule the phone screen. The interviewer asked about my projects for the first 5-6 minutes. Then, I was given two problems to solve in 40 minutes. I didn't do very well solving them. Got notification of

Phone Screen to go over the resume with a recruiter. 45-minute coding round with an engineer from the team, including quick questions on C++ programming and multithreading. 4-hour interview (45 minutes each).