Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Toronto, Canada
Process
Applied through the university's job posting board.
Received the phone interview first after applying for several weeks.
The phone interview was a simple background check on my previous experiences as well as my academic background.
After that, I was to meet him on campus for a one-on-one interview.
This was a very rigorous interview, with brutal dynamic programming questions. You had to write your program on a piece of paper.
The interviewer asked me to speak my mind while writing the program so he could understand:
- That I could multitask.
- What I was thinking.
At the end, I did not do so well. He actually gave me advice on what I should be focusing on and what I did wrong. He even asked if this was my first big-company interview. Lol, yes, it was.
Questions
Coin change dynamic programming problem
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