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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Interview Experience - Lehi, Utah

March 1, 2010
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

There were three interviews.

1st Interview: Ran short of time, I was asked about a problem using a hash table algorithm, which I answered eventually after a couple of prompts.

2nd Interview: This was a lunch interview where I was told to code on paper. It involved an optimized search algorithm. I was asked to optimize the code for speed. This round went well, and my performance was good. Then, some behavioral questions were asked by the interviewer.

3rd Interview: This was the interview where I struggled:

I was asked to optimize a URL address by parsing it and going back a folder if a "/../" string was encountered. I was told to code on the board with a timer. The interviewer gave me 10 minutes to implement the code, covering all possible test cases. I started with the wrong data structure and missed some test cases.

At the end of the interview, I was told, "Good luck with your job search."

Questions

Trim a URL address by parsing it. If a "/../" string is obtained, remove the previous folder and print the final URL.

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